England squad have moved on from Sterling and Gomez spat – Maguire

Harry Maguire insists there are no cliques in the England camp as the squad look to move on from Mondays spat between Raheem Sterling and Joe Gomez.Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate has prided himself on removing any lingering issues between players from rival clubs when they meet up for international duty.But a fracas in the week leading up to Englands 1000th fixture a Euro 2020 qualifier at home to Montenegro where a draw would be enough to secure progression to the finals saw questions asked as to whether those divides had returned.Sterlings exchange with Liverpool defender Gomez less than 24 hours after the pair clashed towards the end of Manchester Citys 3-1 loss to the Premier League leaders has dominated the build up to the landmark fixture.Maguire is confident the whole squad have put the incident behind them (Mike Egerton/PA)The Football Association announced late on Monday night that Sterling would not be considered to face Montenegro as a result, with the forward making private and public apologies after emotions got the better of him.With club rivalry spilling out into international week, suggestions that splits in the camp may exist were extinguished by Maguire on the eve of the game.No, everybody mixes, the Manchester United defender replied when asked if there were any cliques in the current squad.I think youve seen how good the unity in the squad is over the last couple of years. Its been a good two years and the group has grown together. We continue to keep on growing and thats really important.No, definitely no cliques, we all share tables and share jokes and laughs together.I think youve seen in Raheems statement (issued after the clash with Gomez) that hes brought out, that the emotion probably got the better of him.Hes apologised and like Ive said and like Gareth has said, weve moved on from it now, were not looking at that.Weve moved on since Monday and weve trained hard; fully focused on the game because its a big game. We want to qualify for the Euros. And thats what were aiming to do now.Maguire is relishing the chance to play in a major tournament at Wembley (Mike Egerton/PA)Securing just a point at home to Montenegro so far winless in Group A would be enough to achieve the goal set out by Maguire, who will then turn his attention to a tournament based largely at home.It would be really special to play in a major tournament and walking out at Wembley would be something that you dream of, he added.People say it would give us a little advantage as well. We know that the crowd get right behind us at Wembley and the support over the last few years especially since Ive been playing has been unbelievable.Its a big game tomorrow night and one that were all looking forward to and we feel prepared for.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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