"Rather than finding a position for the best players to have them on the field, it is maybe better to put everyone in their best position and have competition. At the moment the competition is between the two of them. They are friends so it is a friendly competition. They don't have to be enemies and hate each other. They are respectful and they fight for the same position."
"I don't know. I guess so but not both in the same position obviously. Can they play together? Yes, but in a different structure and now is not the moment to change the structure."
Thomas Tuchel will leave Jude Bellingham on the bench against Serbia and start Morgan Rogers in the number 10 role after recalling Bellingham to the squad. Rogers has featured in each of Tuchel's eight games and was declared fit despite an earlier hamstring concern. Tuchel is prioritising a settled formation and matching players to their best positions rather than reshaping the system for big names, creating direct competition for the same role. England have already qualified for next year's World Cup with six Group K wins. Alex Scott missed the matchday 23 and Marc Guehi remains sidelined with a foot issue.
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