'Always watching' - Gareth Southgate gives honest verdict on Brighton duo after England omission

March and Dunk have been in fine form for Roberto De Zerbi's team, who are seventh in the Premier League and battling for European qualification.

March, 28, has seven goals to his name so far while Dunk, 31, has been excellent in defence and instrumental to Brighton’s possession based style of football.

De Zerbi tipped his key men for an England call this week but Gareth Southgate omitted them both from his group for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Italy and Ukraine this month.

"They [Dunk and March] are playing really well and their club are playing exceptionally well,” Southgate said. “I think the coach [De Zerbi] is doing an amazing job, I think he's got the team playing in an unique style in our league. They're having an outstanding season as a club.

"Solly we had with the under-21s with us so he's a player we know well. But at the moment I don't see him ahead of Rashford, [Jack] Grealish, [Phil] Foden, [Bukayo] Saka in those positions on the field so they're hard calls and we're always watching everybody, live or on our system during the week.

"There's not a game that we miss and we do know there are some players who are playing well for their clubs and regularly but as I said, I've got to pick the team and squad that I think gives us the best chance of winning in two really big matches coming up."

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