Mainoo, Bellingham and Foden are brilliant. But Southgate is worried

During those long days of Covid lockdown four years ago I would sit at my office window and watch a teenage boy dribbling a football in and out of cones on the family driveway across the road. He would do shuttle runs, too. His father would sometimes watch but the boy clearly knew what he was doing. Turned out he was in Manchester United 's academy and was following a detailed programme provided by his club. I spoke to United's academy head Nick Cox about it at the time and he explained that his staff were determined to ensure their players were occupied and focussed as much as possible during those confusing and scary weeks when they were unable to come to the club. More importantly, though,