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#5 Danny Ings - Southampton

Danny Ings has been one of the Premier League's most in-form strikers this season

England’s striking issues have been well documented recently thanks to the serious injury suffered by Harry Kane, and since then things have gotten even worse, with both Marcus Rashford and Tammy Abraham picking up injuries. That means that Southampton’s Danny Ings is almost certain to be given a chance by Gareth Southgate in March’s international friendlies – and if he performs well, he could nail down a Euro 2020 spot.

Ings – who was capped by the Three Lions back in October 2015 under Roy Hodgson – has arguably been the Premier League’s most in-form striker this season, scoring 14 goals for the Saints thus far, including half of them since the beginning of December. And he’s been scoring varied efforts too, from poacher’s goals to the Paul Gascoigne-esque strike he delivered against Tottenham on New Year’s Day.

At 27 years of age, Ings is in the best form of his career – and that’s the only thing that might stand against him with England. Southgate has traditionally preferred to pick younger players – mainly graduates of England’s youth teams – and he may see Ings’ current run as a purple patch, but with Kane, Rashford and potentially Abraham on the shelf, surely the Saints man is worth a shot.

After all, Jamie Vardy was of a similar age when he received his first England caps, and the Leicester striker became one of the Three Lions’ key men during Euro 2016 and also played in the 2018 World Cup.

More than anything else, Ings warrants a call-up on form alone – and it’d be hard to bet against him finding the net in those friendly games and then heading to Euro 2020.