Merson shocked by Southgate’s decision

<h4><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">Legendary Arsenal player Paul Merson said that he was &&num;8220&semi;surprised&&num;8221&semi; by England manager Gareth Southgate&&num;8217&semi;s selection of Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw for his most recent team&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">In preparation for their next UEFA Nations League matches against Germany and Italy&comma; Southgate just unveiled a 28-man roster and Merson has reservations about it&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34695" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;images3&lowbar;copy&lowbar;800x800-300x300&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Paul Merson The Daily Page News" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">Shaw and Harry Maguire&comma; a colleague at Manchester United&comma; were chosen to be in the squad&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">Shaw and Maguire have both played in only two and three Premier League games&comma; respectively&comma; this season under Man United boss Erik ten Hag&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">Speaking to Sky Sports&comma; Merson said &lpar;via HITC&rpar;&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Not with Harry Maguire I wasn’t &lpar;surprised he was selected&rpar;&period; I think he plays a big part and the way they play with Gareth &lpar;Southgate&rpar;&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ai-viewport-2 ai-viewport-3" data-insertion-position&equals;"prepend" data-selector&equals;"&period;ai-insert-18-73627225" data-insertion-no-dbg&equals;"" data-code&equals;"PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0nY29kZS1ibG9jayBjb2RlLWJsb2NrLTE4JyBzdHlsZT0nbWFyZ2luOiA4cHggMDsgY2xlYXI6IGJvdGg7Jz4KPGRpdiBhbGlnbj0iY2VudGVyIj4KPCEtLSAvMTQwMDE2MzYvRFBfSW5zaWRlUG9zdF9BZHNlbnNlXzIgLS0&plus;CjxkaXYgaWQ9J2Rpdi1ncHQtYWQtMTUyNDU5NTkwNTI2OC01Jz4KPHNjcmlwdD4KZ29vZ2xldGFnLmNtZC5wdXNoKGZ1bmN0aW9uKCkgeyBnb29nbGV0YWcuZGlzcGxheSgnZGl2LWdwdC1hZC0xNTI0NTk1OTA1MjY4LTUnKTsgfSk7Cjwvc2NyaXB0Pgo8L2Rpdj4KPC9kaXY&plus;Cgo8L2Rpdj4K" data-block&equals;"18">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"code-block code-block-18">&NewLine;<div align&equals;"center">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But I was shocked with the Luke Shaw one&period; The number of fullbacks we have in this country and talented fullbacks&period; But if Harry Maguire doesn’t get into the Man United team&comma; come November&comma; then it’s going to be a major worry for Gareth&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">Merson added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In a way&comma; he should have brought some players he might have to go to&period; You can’t go three months without football&comma; then play international football&comma; especially in the heat they will play in&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;