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Which former Liverpool player do you want to see on Andoni Iraola’s coaching staff? Both are free and available… Photo Credit: Getty Images/Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC The fitness issues leave England short at right-back, and Tuchel has now confirmed that Quansah is a genuine option until James can return.Quansah could start against PanamaThough Tuchel has been unfortunate to have picked up problems with his two main right-backs, it is not as though an injury to James in particular could not have been foreseen.The call to overlook Alexander-Arnold now looks worse than ever, but speaking to the press ahead of England’s final group game against Panama on Saturday night, the German manager hinted that Quansah could now be the next man up.“We will find solutions, that’s what we do,” he said.
We will find solutions.”Photo by Maja Hitij – FIFA/FIFA via Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Manu Kone is emerging as Liverpool’s ideal midfield signing at the World Cup“The thinking, we called Trevoh Chalobah to free up Jarell Quansah on the right full-back position for us. “I saw him very strongly playing for Liverpool and he played in a back three which is not so far away from the position in Leverkusen.
And we have Djed Spence.”With suggestions that James will be missing into the knockout rounds, Quansah now has a big chance to cement himself as a starter for England.If the 23-year-old can do well, it will only intensify calls from fans to trigger his buyback clause and bring him back to Liverpool.Though Tuchel may have been impressed with him at right-back, though, it was always clear at Liverpool that centre-back was Quansah’s best position. Nevertheless, with the Reds needing back-up in both positions, a strong showing will certainly increase the academy graduate’s chances of coming back home.
