Phil Foden, who was replaced 11 minutes after coming on in England's 2-1 victory over Italy, was amenable to the move, according to Gareth Southgate.
Due to goals from Harry Kane and Declan Rice on Thursday night, Southgate's Three Lions defeated the current European champions.
The final 10 minutes of the game required Southgate's team to fight to victory with just 10 players, so it wasn't all smooth sailing for them.
Fullback for Man United Foden had barely been on the field for 11 minutes when Luke Shaw was sent off for receiving a second yellow card of the game.
Although Southgate has stated that the Man City winger was understanding of the situation, there were rumors that it may have caused some unrest within the England camp.
Southgate reportedly stated: "No, he [Foden] came up to me and said, "I know, I get it" - he knew precisely what we needed to do." according to the Metro.
You definitely don't want to do that, but the full-back has to be put on.
'And we sensed the shift in shape as they had to play around us, but with enough bodies to deal with crosses but with wing-backs to stop those crosses was the ideal approach to get around it,' the author said.
In the 69th minute of the game, when England had led 2-1, Foden was substituted in for Manchester City teammate Jack Grealish.
However, his time on the field was brief since Newcastle full-back Kieran Trippier quickly took his position.
The Three Lions held on to win thanks in part to the substitution, and Southgate afterwards lauded his team's efforts that evening.
In midfield, Declan produced a standout performance, the Three Lions manager continued. Given the amount of expertise on the other squad, I thought he, Kalvin (Phillips), and Jude (Bellingham) were fantastic.
We were able to successfully apply pressure to them. There were several times when the team played very well together, as well as many instances when the midfield had to focus on the fundamentals of winning second balls after a poor assault phase. But in the context of the game, it was extremely significant.
Harry Kane scored the game-winning goal for England in their 2-1 victory over Italy, becoming the nation's all-time leading scorer.
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