England manager Gareth Southgate has revealed his reasons for picking Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson in his 26-man squad for Euro 2020.
Henderson has not featured for the Reds during the Premier League run in due to injury.
The central midfielder has been in full team training for the past two weeks, but he has not played a game since he suffered a groin injury in February.
While discussing his squad, Southgate told reporters: "The most complex part this time has been those injuries, whether we should take the chance on people.
"With Jordan and (Manchester United defender) Harry Maguire, we have a couple of players who are not where we would want them to be ideally in terms of their physical preparation.
"Jordan has trained with the team all week so that's been good. He will be involved in the game tomorrow. His progress is good but we are realistic about what that might look like.
"Hendo has a bit to do to be available (for the tournament). But his leadership and presence is already having an effect on the group.
"We think the experience they have and the fact we can get them to a point where they can have an involvement in the tournament that it's worth taking them, especially as we have an extended squad of 26.
"The experienced players are the ones who know how to win and have been in tournaments before."
