Gareth Southgate has spoken out on Trent Alexander-Arnold as the defender has been left out of England squad to face Germany in the Nations League.
The Three Lions will face Germany in the last Nations League group stage game on Monday, September 26.
Alexander-Arnold was left on the bench during England’s 1-0 defeat to Italy on Friday, September 23.
Speaking ahead of the clash, Southgate said: “I don’t see risks. You can have a style of play and a way of playing, and a balance to the team, that… at Liverpool they find a way of playing that brings the best out of his attributes and that’s what we’re all trying to do with every team.
“You’re trying to build a team that accentuates the positives, and within the group protects yourselves against how the opponents might come from you.
“He does have a fantastic range of passing, we’re blessed with different profiles of player in that position, if we play with wing-backs, Trippier and Reece James are also exceptional with the ball, in different ways, and we’re always having to look at the full package with everything.
“If you assess the players on all of their attributes, they’ve all been to Champions League finals, some of them have been to latter stages of major tournaments with us, Trent’s won the league, Trippier’s won the Spanish league, Walker’s won the English league.
“There are so many good attributes about them, it’s a really difficult position to make decisions on, but we have to go with the ones we believe, and ultimately I’ll be judged on the outcome, as we know.”