England keeper Pope to have knee surgery three weeks before Euro 2020

Burnley and England goalkeeper Nick Pope is to have knee surgery three weeks before the start of Euro 2020.

Pope, 29, will have a “minor” operation next week after missing Burnley’s final three Premier League games including Sunday’s trip to Sheffield United.

Pope has been capped seven times – including starting three World Cup qualifiers in March – and is a regular in Gareth Southgate’s England squads.

Southgate names his squad on Tuesday, with England’s first game