{"id":537494,"date":"2026-03-21T22:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/537494\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:34:09","slug":"danny-welbeck-should-in-form-brighton-forward-go-to-world-cup-with-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/537494\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Welbeck – should in-form Brighton forward go to World Cup with England?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welbeck’s statistics this season are certainly impressive.<\/p>\n

His two goals for Brighton<\/a> took his tally in the league this season to 12, his outright most in a single campaign. <\/p>\n

Indeed, it’s the third time he’s netted more than one goal in a league game this term, also his outright most in a season.<\/p>\n

Key to Welbeck’s scoring form this season is just how clinical he is. His first six goals of the season came from just seven shots on target and against Liverpool<\/a> he had two shots on target, scoring both.<\/p>\n

But for Seagulls manager Fabian Hurzeler, the veteran offers much more than just the goals.<\/p>\n

He said: “Not only scoring goals – he is in brilliant shape of course – but also being there as a team-mate, finding good connections between team-mates, creating a good togetherness. <\/p>\n

“He is a great connector, he is so valuable on and off the pitch and he can help every team in the world, including England.”<\/p>\n

Former England striker Wayne Rooney praised Welbeck’s all-round play, saying: “He scores goals, he works really hard, he links the play really well. <\/p>\n

“He’s certainly an option for England.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welbeck’s statistics this season are certainly impressive. His two goals for Brighton took his tally in the league…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-537494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}