England will make at least one change for the Euro 2024 semi-final with the Netherlands, talkSPORT understands.
The Three Lions know Spain await in Sunday’s final after they beat France 2-1 on Tuesday evening.
Gareth Southgate will have some huge decisions to make with his team selection for the Dutch in Dortmund on Wednesday.
England have yet to hit top gear during Euro 2024, but Southgate has been resistant to make too many alterations.
For the Switzerland quarter-final, he changed the formation to play three at the back and it’s understood he will use the same system for Wednesday night’s clash.
He did have to make one change and that was because Marc Guehi was suspended.
Guehi is expected to come back into the side, while Luke Shaw is more likely to be on the bench to begin with.
Kieran Trippier has been playing at left-back, and left wing-back, throughout the tournament and is expected to retain his place in the starting XI.
talkSPORT’s chief football correspondent Alex Crook said: “I think Marc Guehi will come back in for Ezri Konsa. That’s the one change I expect England to make.
“That maybe is a bit harsh on Konsa because he played well in the quarter-final. But before that Marc Guehi had probably been England’s best player.
“Gareth Southgate will put his faith in the Crystal Palace man.”
Southgate addressed Shaw’s fitness in his pre-match press conference.
“Luke has been injured for four months, so it wasn’t a possibility for him to play until the last match,” he said.
“He made a good contribution to the game, so that’s the decision we have to make – whether he’s ready to start, whether that’s the best way to use him.
“But we’re very happy to have him back. He obviously gives us balance, a different balance with the team.
“But also Kieran (Trippier) has done a fantastic job. He’s played in so many important nights for us.”
Southgate has been criticised for his team’s style despite getting this far and the manager revealed the negative mood around the team impacted the players during the group stage.
“There’s been a definite shift,” the England boss said.
“I was really interested (because) as a coach sometimes you take a step back and you observe.
“One of the strengths of us over the last seven, eight years has been less fear, less inhibition.
“But I think at the beginning of the tournament, the expectation weighed quite heavily and of course the external noise was louder than it’s ever been.
“I felt we couldn’t quite get ourselves in the right place and, in the end, what was impressive was that the players ground it out, they ground results out and found ways to win.
“I felt that shifted once we got into the knockout stage and definitely in the quarter-final. I thought we saw a better version of us with the ball, freer.
“I’m not sure any of the messaging changed, but I just felt the group changed.
“You’re now into that moment in the tournament where it’s what’s possible, what’s achievable, rather than what might go wrong.
“This is now the chance to make history, which we’ve enjoyed doing.
“A chance to get to a first final not held in England – first time England will have ever done that.
“We’re trying to break new ground. That’s difficult and it’s complicated, but the players have responded brilliantly and resilience has been built.
“You can bond and we’ve been very fortunate that we’ve had Ed Sheeran in to sing and it was great, the players had a couple of beers before the last game.
“You can bond in that way, but when you’re having to head the ball out your box in the 92nd minute and you’re having to find a goal in the 96th minute, there’s nothing stronger than that for building the spirit of a team.”
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