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England boss Southgate admits Leeds duo White and Phillips on radar

England boss Gareth Southgate admits he could consider Leeds United duo Ben White and Kalvin Phillips for his Euro2021 squad.

The pair have helped push the Whites to top portion on the Championship table, and Southgate is a fan.

"When we're analysing our players, and we've done quite a lot of in-depth analysis over the past months, position by position, we talk about potential a lot," he said to the Independent.

"With the [Mason] Greenwoods and the [Phil] Fodens I think that's fine.

"The danger is when you're still talking about potential at 24 and 25. It depends on what their season starts to look like.

"If they have a season in terms of opportunity, like Mason Mount did this year, playing in the Champions League, playing in a top-four side, playing under pressure, then that can be a great development year for them.

"I'm very conscious there will be a group of around 30 to 35 who have been in and around our squad the past 12 to 18 months, who will be in the frame, but there will be some guys who come late.

"We've talked about those two, but it could be a Ben White, who has been on loan at Leeds, or a Kalvin Phillips, that haven't played Premier League football yet.

"Those sorts of players could come into the frame. We're always open to what it looks like."

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