England coach Southgate insists Chelsea midfielder Palmer in Euro plans

England coach Gareth Southgate says Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer is in his Euro plans.

Palmer missed both friendlies this past week due to a minor injury.

Southgate said: I said when I named the squad there is competition for places in those wide areas.

It's a bit of a shame that Cole Palmer missed so much training that we weren't able to put him into the game [against Belgium] at the stage it was, having missed most of the week.

We weren't 100 per cent certain what we would get whereas with Gordon we knew and [James] Maddison we knew. I wouldn't rule Cole out of that equation."