EURO 2024 can provide fans with an ideal contrast to Port Vale’s tough season
Fans of Port Vale have had to endure a difficult season throughout 2023/24 and relegation has emerged as a genuine possibility.
Vale sat in 21st place after 40 matches played – a position which would ensure relegation if not improved upon over the final six-game stretch.
Regardless of whether the club survives in League One, it will not be seen as a successful season. Fans will hope to achieve the relief of staying up although there will certainly be no genuine glory for the club this year.
Fans can turn their attention to EURO 2024 in the summer
On the international side of things though Vale fans could be offered an ideal contrast to what has been an extremely poor season.
England will enter EURO 2024 as one of the favourites across all major bookmakers following the conclusion of the domestic season. For example, Coral Euro 2024 Offers and Odds show the Three Lions as 10/3 outright favourites.
The oddsmaker offers bonuses like free bets to new customers ahead of England’s pursuit to win its first major glory since 1966 this year.
🏴 England to go all the way?#EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/z33tTNL7mn
— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) December 2, 2023
Vale’s fortunes will be of paramount importance for the majority of fans, but the national team becoming European champions would certainly dampen the blow of a stressful League One campaign.
While the Valiants do not have anywhere near the highest quality squad in their history the national team’s situation is much the opposite. The England team has a range of world-class profiles that will spearhead the nation’s hopes in Germany.
England’s key stars
England has a remarkable level of talent all over the pitch but captain Harry Kane is undoubtedly the standout.
He is the nation’s record goalscorer and his club form with Bayern Munich over the 2023/24 season would suggest he can extend his lead further at the Euros. In his first 27 Bundesliga appearances, he scored 31 times and assisted seven.
Perfect afternoon! Gotta keep this momentum up 🙌 pic.twitter.com/M46KuNBDfb
— Harry Kane (@HKane) March 9, 2024
The Three Lions will have one of Europe’s most red-hot players leading the line in Germany and he will be supported by several key players in midfield.
Declan Rice and Trent Alexander-Arnold are two extraordinary stars who play completely different roles for Gareth Southgate. Rice is the engine that relentlessly tracks up and down the pitch, winning the ball back and arriving late into the box for England.
The Liverpool man is not quite as athletic but technically he is certainly superior. Trent Alexander-Arnold has exceptional talents as passer of the ball. He has been one of the most prolific playmakers in club football since 2018 and this year he could finally show that on the international stage.
Besides top-level physical quality, the squad also has vital experience spread throughout which could be vital to winning the country’s first-ever European championship. The likes of Jordan Henderson and Kyle Walker are veterans who have won it all at the club level and could guide the team through the most demanding fixtures.
While Port Vale is in the midst of a troubling period, the national team’s situation is much different. When the club season is up and the loyal Valiant fans turn their attention to international football, they will be treated to watching one of the greatest Three Lions squads ever assembled.