Leeds United star Patrick Bamford has suffered a major blow, with England manager Gareth Southgate omitting him from the provisional squad for Euro 2020.

What's the story?

The striker has been an absolute sensation in the Premier League this season for the Whites, banging in 17 goals and providing another eight assists in the 38 games.

However, despite his form, Southgate has opted to leave him out from the expanded 33-man provisional squad that he named on Tuesday afternoon, instead choosing to go with the likes of Harry Kane, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Marcus Rashford, Ollie Watkins and Mason Greenwood as his strikers.

Leeds fans will be fuming

Given just how impressively Bamford has performed at the Premier League level this season, it's no surprise that many Leeds fans are already up in arms over the striker's omission from the England squad.

Only Kane has outscored the Whites forward in the Premier League in terms of the players Southgate has chosen, while only the England captain, Rashford and Jack Grealish have provided more assists than him.

When leaving Bamford out of the last squad, Southgate himself admitted: "(Bamford was) very close. There’s a number of positions in this squad that have been really close calls and we felt we wanted an extra striker.

"We like his (Watkins) pressing, the speed and the runs in behind. He’s got some improvement to make in linking the game, but in his first season in the Premier League at a big club, he’s done exceptionally well. That’s been a really close call because all the things I’ve said about Ollie I could have said for Patrick as well. So he’s very unfortunate."

Meanwhile, there have been numerous of calls for Southgate to have taken Bamford as one of his forward options.

The Mirror's Neil Moxley wrote: "I’d take Patrick Bamford instead of Dominic Calvert-Lewin. The Leeds man provides more assists and his star is on an upwards curve."

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Speaking recently to the Yorkshire Evening Post, former Leeds midfielder David Prutton said: "Get him in there. He's got no tournament baggage and he's a great team player who is a hard worker and selfless.

"He's performed under pressure at a big club and always rises to the challenge of the questions against him. He's an all round good egg."

While Kalvin Phillips' inclusion will surely please Leeds fans, the fact that Bamford isn't in the squad despite outperforming almost every striker Southgate has chosen will understandably have the Elland Road faithful fuming.

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