England v Argentina: Marcus Smith, Owen Farrell & Manu Tuilagi set to take on Pumas

Farrell (left) and Smith were the starting 10 and 12 operation for each 3 of England's Tests against Australia successful the summer

England are preparing to unleash a midfield operation of Marcus Smith, Owen Farrell and Manu Tuilagi erstwhile they look Argentina connected Sunday.

Farrell is adjacent to a instrumentality aft concussion portion Tuilagi is besides expected to beryllium available.

"Owen is ticking each the boxes truthful far," said backs manager Martin Gleeson.

"He is coming towards the extremity of his return-to-play truthful we volition cognize precise soon."

Farrell missed past week's grooming campy successful Jersey but has been moving done the 12-day return-to-play protocols aft suffering a caput wounded against Exeter 11 days ago.

While Farrell inactive needs to walk the last portion of the process, Gleeson says helium is welcoming the imaginable of fielding his first-choice midfield, adding "everything up to present has been going smoothly".

"You person Owen, who is precise bully astatine organising and bully astatine playing astatine the line; Manu, who tin truly deed a hole, and Marcus, who is simply a spot of a livewire and tin play what helium sees and has the state to bash that," helium explained to BBC 5 Live.

"You privation your champion players connected the parkland and you privation the combinations connected the parkland that volition beryllium champion for England."

Tuilagi's workload is being intimately managed by the England unit fixed his wounded record, but Gleeson says the Sale centre "is each good" and is acceptable to beryllium disposable to look the Pumas.

Meanwhile, Smith and Farrell are acceptable to resume their 10 and 12 concern pursuing the palmy summertime circuit of Australia.

"They are some very, precise bully players, with somewhat antithetic styles but an knowing of however they tin complement each other," Gleeson added.

"It's a concern I'm truly looking guardant to seeing grow. We privation to instrumentality [our attack] to the adjacent level."

With Courtney Lawes unavailable due to the fact that of concussion, Farrell is favourite to resume the captaincy if helium is declared fit, portion Ellis Genge and Jack Nowell person besides assumed accrued enactment responsibilities.

Tuilagi has not played for England since injuring himself erstwhile scoring a effort successful November 2021's triumph implicit South Africa

"There are a batch of guys who person been stepping up. That Australia circuit was truly bully [with regards] immoderate leaders coming to prominence," Gleeson said.

"Ellis Genge and Jack Nowell were superb and Courtney led america superbly.

"Owen is simply a person whether helium is skipper oregon not; determination are a batch of guys stepping up successful that regard."