Thomas Tuchel has kept faith with the England squad that beat Andorra and excelled in Serbia last month and found no place for Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden in his camp for the friendly at home to Wales and World Cup qualifier in Latvia.
Foden was pushing for a recall after rediscovering his form at Manchester City and Bellingham has returned for Real Madrid after shoulder surgery but the head coach has decided not to pick two of the country’s biggest attacking talents. Bellingham has started only once for his club.
Tuchel has found space for Bukayo Saka, who is back to fitness and has been restored in place of his injured Arsenal teammate Noni Madueke. Jack Grealish has not been handed a recall.
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Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), James Trafford (Manchester City)
Defenders: And Burn (Newcastle United), Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Ponda (Aston Villa), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur), John Stones (Manchester City), Jarell Quuansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur), John Stones (Manchester City), Jarell Quuansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur)
Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Milan), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa)
Forwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona, loan from Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)
Tuchel loved the energy in last month’s squad and appears to want to maintain the vibe. Tino Livramento, who started at left-back in the 5-0 win in Belgrade, has dropped out with a knee injury. Tuchel has not called up a direct replacement for the Newcastle player but has picked John Stones, who had to pull out last month. Tuchel has talked about the Manchester City defender’s importance for England and has suggested using him in midfield.
There is no place for Adam Wharton, who was called up last month but withdrew injured and was replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Tuchel said: “It was only three weeks since the last camp and the last win, the last performance, so the question was why not bring the same group in because they set the standard. Now it is about creating habits out of it. We have unfortunately two injuries at the moment with Tino and Noni and we bring of course Bukayo Saka in to replace Noni. Jarell Quansah was a late call-up last time; he will stay in camp.”
