By Craig Hope for MailOnline
12:03 01 February 2024, updated 12:49 01 February 2024
- Gareth Southgate's men will travel to Tyneside for the match on June 3
- They will then play a final friendly match at Wembley before heading to Germany
- Chris Sutton reveals the one player he would sign for the Fantasy Premier League during the latest episode of our programme Everything takes off Podcast
England are set to play Bosnia in a pre-European Championship friendly at St James' Park this summer.
Final details have yet to be confirmed, but we know that Gareth Southgate's side will travel to Tyneside for a friendly on Monday 3 June.
Bosnia will be the opponent, and that gives the England manager an opportunity to test his team against a side similar in style to Serbia and Slovenia, who they face in the group stage at Euro 2024. All three countries are former Yugoslav nations.
There will be one final friendly match at Wembley Stadium before the team travels to Germany ahead of their opening match against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen on June 16.
Before that, England will face Brazil and Belgium at Wembley in March.
It has been almost 20 years since they last played at St James's, when Steven Gerrard and David Beckham scored in a 2-0 win for Sven-Goran Eriksson's side over Azerbaijan.
Newcastle stars such as Kieran Trippier, Anthony Gordon, Nick Pope and Callum Wilson will be hoping to be part of Southgate's plans and feature in the home game.
But with the Bosnia match scheduled for the start of June, it is likely that any English player who will feature in the Champions League final at Wembley on June 1 will be unavailable.
Likewise, the Europa League final will be held on May 29.
“Coffee trailblazer. Passionate thinker. Creator. Hipster-friendly internet enthusiast.”
More Stories
Brexit could have a huge impact on English football | Sports
England into quarter-finals after crazy turnaround
Negative England win Premier League title – Jude Bellingham's early goal sinks Serbia – Sport – svenska.yle.fi