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Everton’s Jordan Pickford is back in action tonight, as he bids to become a European champion with England, with Spain standing in the way. The £30m keeper has largely been a mainstay of Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions regime ever since his 2016 appointment, as a ball-playing shot-stopper with all the talent in the world. He is just as likely to pull off a world-class save as he is to ping a 60-yard pass right to the feet of his winger. There are few as good as Jordan Pickford in the modern game. And yet, he is a figure that does at times draw scrutiny. He has come under some pretty intense cri…

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