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England manager Southgate drops Mainoo debut hint

England manager Gareth Southgate says Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo could see action against Brazil tonight.

Mainoo is in line for a debut at Wembley.

"We've been blessed with St George's Park being built," said Southgate.

"This week some of our Under-17s have come over to work with us, our Under-21s were there. You get a club feel so hopefully that transition is as straightforward as possible because the players have a better chance of performing at their best level if they feel comfortable off the pitch.

"With Kobbie, I said last week we were conscious of his development about how quickly we should go. You need to try make the right steps at the right time with young players. But opportunity presented itself and for us, he was the next player in. We didn't want to stop that from happening. As we thought, he's fitted in brilliantly. His level of training has been excellent – we won't hesitate to put him on the pitch."

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