With Joe Hart only recently returned to the first team at West Ham and more regular Premier League performers Jack Butland and Jordan Pickford lacking international experience, Southgate confesses it is the area he will be looking at more closely than most over the double-header against Holland and Italy that starts in Amsterdam on Friday.

“It is unfortunate we are still weighing the decisions up, but that is where we are,” Southgate said.

“Everyone is clearer on other positions in the field. But in goal, we have had someone who has been No1 for a period of time but he currently isn’t No1 for his club due to a change in circumstance.