Graeme Souness claims Kobbie Mainoo 'doesn't know his position' with England issue clear

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SportFootballGraeme SounessGraeme Souness has questioned why Thomas Tuchel picked Kobbie Mainoo given he's yet to be used by England as the ex-manager hammered home his view on the Manchester United midfielderGraeme Souness has doubled down on his issues with Kobbie Mainoo and claimed Thomas Tuchel didn't fancy the midfielder when it came to crunch time.The Manchester United star, after a difficult first half of the season under Ruben Amorim, was a player reborn under Michael Carrick. Mainoo and Trevoh Chalobah are the only outfield players who have yet to earn minutes for England this summer.Despite being picked by Tuchel, ahead of players like Adam Wharton, Souness claims that the German ultimately didn't want to use the midfielder when England were trying to see out games, despite his ability to keep the ball.Speaking on World Cup Uncensored, the former manager said: "He will have looked at his bench and gone 'I've got to make a change here'.

And this is where he is culpable, he has looked at his bench and gone 'Kobbie Mainoo, I'm going to put him on?'"He's panicked and he's loaded it up because he is now thinking 'I've got a whole lot of the game, I can't get the game back and I've now got to nick the game by defending properly like we did in Mexico."Declan Rice and Elliot Anderson have been the go to midfield duo for England. Jordan Henderson suffered his arm injury in the aftermath of the Mexico win, meaning he was absent, and that still didn't aid Mainoo's hopes for minutes.Souness has been a vocal critic of Mainoo and doubled down on his take that the United man doesn't understand how to play in midfield."Kobbie Mainoo is a young man who is really good with the ball, but does not know the position," he said.

"He doesn't know the position of trying to get that game back on side, he empties the midfield too soon. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like.