nesta mcgregor, thank ou things improve. nesta mcgregor, thank you very — things improve.resumes later tonight with harry kane's bayern munich in action against lazio. they trail by one goal going into the second leg of their last 16 round, despite impressive individual performances from the england captain. he is not on track to win any trophies this season. joe lynskey has more. bayern munich need a rescue act if they're to reach the quarter finals of the champions league. they face a lazio side coached by the former chelsea boss maurizio sarri in the last 16, and bayern have to overturn a 1—0 deficit. that first leg result was yet another setback for a side that are now ten points off the top in the bundesliga — a gap no german team has overcome to win the title. they were also humiliatingly knocked out of the german cup by a third tier side, and lost to leipzig in the supercup in what was harry kane's debut. thomas tuchel the manager's already been told he'll be leaving at the end of the season. that departure could yet be moved forward if bayern lose again tonight. it

their roster, after impressing at an international player pathway pro—day. 0ur correspondent nesta mcgregormit was one of the stars of the sport and a golden boy of welsh rugby. we can see from the stats, the 23—year—old winger playing 31 times for his country, scoring 1a tries, including this beauty against england in the six nations last year. now, since crossing the atlantic, he's been on a ten—week intensive course to see if he's got what it takes. and despite so many similarities between the two sports, the switch has been described as if someone is trying to learn a new language. he's had to break running and catching techniques. it's taken a lifetime to develop them in order to learn you new ones. but the gamble seems to be paying off. because during the work—out in front of scouts, he's been invited to train with at least three nfl teams and that means more chances to impress and prove that he can do thejob in pads impress and prove that he can do the job in pads and impress and prove that he can do thejob in pads and a helmet against seasoned pros. but listen — make no mistake, he

our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor is at st george's park for us.ruth is, gareth southgate probably already knows his 23 man squad who are going to be on the plane to germany. but these last few friendlies may be a chance for one or two players to force his hand to give him a selection dilemma. speaking of which, the squad trained this morning, apart from kane, palmer, henderson and saka, who all trained alone, maybe in the case of harry kane, we expected that because he sprained an ankle playing for bayern munich not too long ago. also today, it was the first glimpse of anthony gordon. he's had a remarkable season for newcastle and of course 18 year old midfielder kobe mane, who again has been sensational for manchester united, straight into the squad. will he get any minutes against brazil or belgium? that's still to be seen. we also heard today from joe gomez and it was a really touching press conference because he spoke about it being four years ago that he was last selected for england and how he'd got injured, training on the same pitch he tra

an intensive course to learn the skills needed to succeed in the nfl. 0ur sports correspondent nesta mcgregor, but it looks like it's going well. sr far, but if we can put it into context: no british player in union or league has ever made the transition to the nfl, and that is by playing a competitive game. at 23, time is on his side, and as you mentioned, for the last ten weeks, he has literally been playing dns and american football every day. yesterday mrs opportunity to show the scouts yesterday what he has learned. he was put through a series of tests to show his ball skills and athleticism, we saw the a0 yard dash there. he also was working out, doing verticaljumps and the broad jump. he said he was disappointed by his performance, he clearly knows what he is capable of, giving up a guaranteed career in rugby. he did impress some, after 32 teams, they have offered him a place on their practice squads. so yes, he is definitely impressing people in america. ., , , , m america. what is his next step? more chances to impress, _ america. what is his next step? more chances to impress, once

our correspondent nesta mcgregor is at wembley for us.really one of the marquee fixtures of international football. of the marquee fixtures of internationalfootball. think of the marquee fixtures of international football. think back to 2002 with ronaldinho lobbing david seaman and all of that, and whether it is a friendly or not, neither team will want to lose this as gareth southgate prepares for euro 2024, it is a chance to test this team against the very best. the brazilian squad littered with stark names, look no further than real madrid's viniciusjunior being one of them, but england are a team full of them, but england are a team full of some rising stars as well, we have just had the team news n, no harry kane, that is not a surprise, so 0llie watkins start up front and also 0llie gordon, the newcastle united front getting his first senior international cap and then in defence we have chilwell, stones, maguire and kyle walker who captains the squad and it isjordan pickford in gold. —— in goal. we started by debating what the playe

their roster, after impressing at an international player pathway pro day. 0ur correspondent nesta mcgregorers country scoring 1a prize including this beauty against england in the six nations last year. since crossing the atlantic he's been on a ten week intensive course to see if he got what it takes for the despite so many similarities between the two sports the switches been described as if someone is trying to learn a language. he's had to break, running and catching techniques, take it a lifetime to develop in order to learn new ones. his gamble seems to be paying off of that because during the work out in front of scouts he's been invited to train with at least three nfl teams. that means more chances to prove he can a helmet and said against season pros make no mistakes, he's got a long way to go. no british player has ever made the transition from rugby union or rugby league to them play in the nfl. christian weight, you might remember he had ago in 2018 to chase his dream. he came close but only made the practice and never played in an season game. also worth noting, louis rees za