Bookies offering odds on Norwich duo heading to the World Cup with England
Could Angus Gunn, left, and James Maddison make it to the World Cup with England next summer? Picture by Paul Chesterton/Focus Images - Credit: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd
Could Norwich City have two players in the England squad for next summer’s World Cup?
Bookmakers believe it is possible, with odds being offered on the potential inclusion of Canaries stars Angus Gunn and James Maddison being offered by Sky Bet.
Gunn’s price has come in as short as 16/1 after winning his 10th under-21 cap during a win in Ukraine on Friday and then being elevated to the senior squad.
The Manchester City loanee may have been an unused substitute as Joe Hart was kept busy by the full-strength visitors at Wembley on Tuesday but he is at least in Gareth Southgate’s thinking.
Hart, Jack Butland and Jordan Pickford are all odds-on to be selected however, with Southampton’s former Norwich loanee Fraser Forster (2/1) and Burnley’s Tom Heaton (12/1) considered better bets at this stage.
Maddison is priced at 33/1 after also playing for the U21s last Friday, his fine form for City earning his first call-up for the Young Lions and continuing speculation about imminent Premier League interest in January.
Dele Alli, Raheem Sterling and Adam Lallana lead the way in the odds for the attacking midfield berths however, with former Canaries star Nathan Redmond (12/1) well down the list before 20-year-old Maddison comes into the running.
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Norwich academy product Jacob Murphy is also available at 20/1 despite barely featuring in the top flight since his reported £12.5million summer switch to Newcastle, on the back of a successful few months with the England U21s.
At left-back, former City loanee Ryan Bertrand is 1/5 alongside Danny Rose (1/8) to be selected but his former team-mate at Norwich, Kieran Gibbs, is out at 10/1 behind Aaron Cresswell and Luke Shaw in the running.
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Another City old boy, striker Peter Crouch, is at 33/1 after a resurgence in form with Stoke at the age of 36 and another former Canaries loanee, Harry Kane, is nailed on at 1/20 after his rise to stardom with Spurs.
Meanwhile, 18-year-old Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah – who broke Norwich hearts on his debut in the Carabao Cup this season – also makes the list, at 40/1.
