Sven's a genius.

England already hates him, so he selects a prodigy in the hope that his talent will ripen during the World Cup. If he did not do this, he would have just carried on not really being liked by England. But since he did do it, he's either going to carry on being disliked by England if it doesn't pay off (so, no changes to England and how they view him)... but if it does pay off, he's considered an almighty talent spotter who made a stroke of genius by selecting England's youngest ever international senior side player and going on to win or something. He knows he's going after the World Cup, he knows England hates him. That means he can get away with this.

Happy to see Lennon in there, he looked the goods in the couple of games I saw him play this year.