Euro 2020: Arsene Wenger says England can provide competition for title favourites France

Harry Kane of England, celebrates with Gareth Southgate in 2018 FIFA World
Harry Kane of England, celebrates with Gareth Southgate in 2018 FIFA World | Photo Credit: IMAGO

The legendary Arsenal manager has claimed that France are the title favourites for Euro 2020

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has offered his verdict on who could be the favourites to win the Euro 2020.

Wenger claimed that France are the title favourites while adding that England can provide tough competition to the defending World Champions.

The French manager hailed Les Bleus’ squad strength, stating that the players who will not make it to the starting 11 are also of the highest quality.

“They are not the favourites; they are the super favourite.

“Favourite is not big enough, because when you win the World Cup and then you have in your team, (N’Golo) Kante, (Paul) Pogba, (Karim) Benzema, (Antoine) Griezmann, (Kingsley) Coman, (Olivier) Giroud, I forget half of them. (Ousmane) Dembele.

“You will have on the bench 11 players who would play basically in any other national team. So you cannot refuse the fact that you are world champion and it’s a team which has not peaked.

“It’s a team that’s still going up because they’re all young these guys. Apart from two or three, the core of the team is very young.”

Euro 2020: Arsene Wenger says England can provide competition for title favourites France Euro Internationals
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Wenger also spoke in praise of Three Lions, who he believes can be formidable competitors for France.

“They have top quality players. They are maybe still a bit young, some of them, but this season with Mason Mount, (Phil) Foden, they have (Jack) Grealish, Declan Rice and of course Harry Kane upfront and some experienced players like (Jordan) Henderson. They can compete with France.”

Led by manager Gareth Southgate, England will go all out for the Euro 2020 as they look to redeem things for their failure in the 2018 FIFA World Cup – losing to eventual runners up Croatia in the semi-finals.

Three Lions will begin their European Championship campaign against Croatia this Sunday.