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Back in March, James Ward-Prowse's England career was handed a lifeline.

The Southampton academy graduate was initially left out of Gareth Southgate's squad for the 2020 European Championship qualifiers against Czech Republic and Montenegro, although after Fabian Delph and Ruben Loftus-Cheek withdrew, Ward-Prowse was drafted in.

Deservedly so. Southampton's No.16 had scored six goals in his previous nine games before receiving the call from Southgate, and after being described as "absolutely the sort of character you want around the squad” by the Three Lions boss, the onus was on Ward-Prowse to ensure that he would not be forgotten again.

12 games into the 2019/20 campaign, and the once-capped England international is slipping further and further away from being recognised by Southgate, and that second chance handed to him in March has not been built on in the slightest.

So far this season, Ward-Prowse has been heavily criticised by Southampton supporters on Twitter for his performance in the 4-1 loss to Chelsea, and some fans were also shocked to see him named in the starting XI against Manchester City.

In the latter game, the 24-year-old did silence his pre-match doubters with an excellent showing, although such a performance has been all too rare this term.

In total, Ward-Prowse has scored twice in 12 Premier League games, recording an average pass success rate of 75.9%, while also starting every game for a side who are just one point off the bottom of the table having conceded the most goals in the division.

He was booed by some of the St Mary's faithful following the full-time whistle in the last outing against Everton, a 2-1 defeat in which he captained the side in Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's absence - his leadership skills could easily be questioned on the basis of the spineless showing from Ralph Hasenhuttl's side.

Ward-Prowse has not received a call-up to the England team since his summoning in March, and on current form, it does feel as if the academy graduate is light years away from further international recognition.