Gareth Southgate says he will have no hesitation about throwing his young
stars into the potentially-intimidating environment of Monday night's Euro 2020 qualifier in Montenegro.
Steven Gerrard and Ashley Cole were verbally abused and targeted with missiles when England travelled to Podgorica for a World Cup qualifier in 2013 and a similarly tough atmosphere is expected.
But Southgate said at a press conference: "This is part of their education and
to be a top team we've got to adapt to every environment we go into.
"Friday at Wembley is always a different experience to going away from home in a qualifier, which is always difficult. But the only way the team can learn and
improve is by going through these experiences."
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Meanwhile midfielder Jordan Henderson shrugged off the potential milestone of achieving his 50th England cap in the match.
Henderson said: "I'm proud to play for my country but the type of person I am,
I'll not really think about it too much.
"Maybe I'll think about it when I finish my career but at the moment I just
want to concentrate on doing the best for my team.
"When I finish my career or my England career, then I can look back and decide if it was good or not."