England coach Gareth Southgate admits Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho is lucky to be in his latest squad.
There was a place for Sancho in the 23 who will face Andorra and Hungary next week.
"Does he deserve to be in on these performances over the last few weeks? Well, probably not," said Southgate. "But we have invested in Jadon over a period of time. We believe he can get to a high level. I'd like time to chat with him and help that process that's going on at United.
"For him to feel that we have belief in him, at this point, is a good message. So, again, there is no perfect solution here. You could easily throw another name at me who we have left out in the past and say, 'Well, you didn't deal with them in the same way'.
"We try to individually do the right thing at the right time, send the right message. Sometimes the right message is to leave a player out. Maybe they respond and that's the right thing but we feel with Jadon it is important to keep him with us."
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