Jonjo Shelvey Breaks Silence: The Untold Truth Behind His Rift with Gareth Southgate and Shocking England Snub
When Jonjo Shelvey was coming up through the ranks at Charlton Athletic, he was touted as a potential England regular.
A move to Liverpool as an 18-year-old would follow in 2010, with a full England debut arriving two years later, but he would fail to establish himself as a regular in the Three Lions midfield at that time.
Shelvey was knocking on the door again during his time at Newcastle United, going on to play some of the best football of his career during the 2017/18 season, but a call-up for that summer’s World Cup never came.
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Shelvey on his England career
Shelvey would end up winning just six Three Lions caps, with his 2018 World Cup omission particularly galling for him as he looks back at his international career.
“Yes, 100 per cent I should have won more caps,” he told FourFourTwo. “Sometimes I didn’t deserve them, but other times I did and was overlooked.”
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