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Twitter reacts as England Euro 2020 squad is announced

By Matt O'Connor-Simpson

Southgate had some tough decisions to make
Southgate had some tough decisions to make / GENT SHKULLAKU/Getty Images
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After months, no, years of conjecture England's squad for Euro 2020 has finally been unveiled.

Gareth Southgate made us wait all day before finally putting us out of our misery and when he did, Twitter had plenty to say about his choices.

One of the major talking points over the past few months has been whether or not Trent Alexander-Arnold would make the cut. The saga had plenty of twists and turn right up until the last as well. Over the course of the day, Alexander-Arnold was said to be missing out one minute, then he was back in the 26 the next...

In the end the Liverpool defender did make the cut, much to the delight of Reds Twitter.

Alexander-Arnold will be joined at the tournament by no less than three other right-backs with Southgate refusing to part with Kieran Tripper, Kyle Walker or Reece James.

Plenty of people had different opinions over who should have been left at home, but most agreed that Southgate might have overdone it.

There was a similarly fiery debate over the merit of omitting Jesse Lingard, James Ward-Prowse, Ollie Watkins and Ben Godfrey from the squad. However, nobody seemed particularly bothered about Aaron Ramsdale being left out...

Despite some of the aforementioned disagreements, the vast majority of the sentiment was positive towards the squad. Perhaps it really is coming home this time?

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