21 Young Gun Salute

Delayed Euros will help our kids, but we need other options up front... and fast!

- Steve Bates

Sam Allardyce has warned England they must conjure more goals on the big occasions if they want to win the Euros next summer.

Former England boss Allardyce believes the Three Lions can’t just rely on skipper Harry Kane scoring.

And with the 2020 tournament delayed by UEFA for a year due to the coronavirus crisis, Allardyce believes that manager Gareth Southgate MUST use the valuable extra time to produce an additional supply-line of goals from open play.

England bagged a hefty 37 group goals in Euro 2020 qualifying. Only Belgium managed more, with 40 – but they played two games extra.

So scoring wasn’t an obvious shortcoming when the Three Lions reached the Nations League finale in Portugal last summer.

But once there, they struggled and managed just one in their two games against Holland and Switzerland.

It’s been a common theme for England at major tournaments – even at the 2018 World Cup in Russia where Southgate’s stars reached the semis.

And it’s a major worry for Allardyce, who believes the Euros are there to be won if England can solve an over-reliance on goals from Kane – and set-pieces.