Pundit suggests 22-year-old Arsenal attacker could now play in defence for England

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England have so much talent at their disposal at the moment.

Harry Kane, Phil Foden, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jude Bellingham and John Stones are all arguably world-class players.

Of course, you can never have too many good players, but the Three Lions do have an issue at the moment when it comes to fitting all of these players into one team.

Indeed, it’s very tough to give everyone who is deserving of a game a proper run-out, and speaking on The Game Football Podcast, Tony Cascarino has been trying to solve this conundrum.

Cascarino made the case for England to play two up front in order to accommodate both Ollie Watkins and Harry Kane, but, of course, that leads to problems when it comes to your wingers.

However, according to Cascarino, there could be scope for England to repurpose one of their wingers – Bukayo Saka, as a wing-back in this team.

Bukayo Saka could play as a wing-back for England

Cascarino spoke about the 22-year-old and his role for his country.

“I get what you’re saying, you could play two up front, but you’d be leaving out so many talented players. You’d be leaving out probably Saka?” The co-host said.

“You couldn’t play him as a wing-back in a 3-5-2? Why couldn’t he play that role? He’s played it for Arsenal? I didn’t say a 4-4-2, I said a 3-5-2,” Cascarino said.

Bukayo Saka’s days as a wing-back are over

As much as we respect Cascarino’s opinion, this is slightly ridiculous.

Why on earth would you shove one of the best attackers in the Premier League into the backline in order to accommodate Ollie Watkins?

There’s a reason England play a 4-3-3, that’s how to best use the current players.

A 3-5-2 would allow another striker to enter the fold, but where are the likes of Phil Foden, James Maddison and Marcus Rashford fitting into the side at this point?

Let’s not try to reinvent the wheel here, keep it simple and stick with what has worked for the last two tournaments.