Thomas Tuchel has opted to stick with the same Three Lions selection that secured victory against Andorra and delivered an impressive display in Belgrade during the previous international break, finding no place for the Real Madrid star and the Manchester City attacker in his group for the upcoming exhibition match against Wales and the qualifying match in the Baltic nation.
Although Phil Foden pushing for a recall after regaining his top condition at his club, and Bellingham having returned for Real Madrid following shoulder surgery, the national team manager has opted not to selecting two of the nation's biggest attacking talents. The young midfielder has started just a single time for his team since his return.
The England boss has found space for the Arsenal winger, who is back to fitness and has been restored in place of his unavailable Arsenal teammate the sidelined player. Jack Grealish has not received a recall.
Complete England Squad List
Shot-stoppers
- Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace)
- Jordan Pickford (the Toffees)
- James Trafford (the Citizens)
Backline
- Newcastle's defender (the Magpies)
- Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace)
- Chelsea's full-back (Chelsea)
- Aston Villa's defender (Aston Villa)
- Arsenal's young talent (the Gunners)
- Jarell Quansah (the German club)
- Tottenham's defender (Spurs)
- Manchester City's star (Manchester City)
Midfielders
- Nottingham Forest's midfielder (Nottingham Forest)
- Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest)
- Brentford's experienced head (the Bees)
- Ruben Loftus-Cheek (the Italian side)
- Declan Rice (Arsenal)
- Morgan Rogers (the Midlands club)
Attackers
- Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United)
- Arsenal's attacker (Arsenal)
- Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United)
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
- Marcus Rashford (Barcelona, loan from Manchester United)
- Arsenal's star (the Gunners)
- Aston Villa's forward (Villa)
Tuchel expressed his admiration for the vibrancy in the previous selection and seems intent on maintaining the vibe. Tino Livramento, who featured at left-back in the convincing victory in Belgrade, has dropped out due to a knee injury. Tuchel has opted against selecting a direct replacement for the Magpies star but has included John Stones, who had to withdraw last month. He has discussed the Manchester City defender's importance for the national team and has floated the idea of deploying him in the middle of the park.
There is no place for Adam Wharton, who was called up in the previous squad but withdrew injured and was substituted by the Milan player.
Tuchel said: “A mere three weeks since the previous gathering and the most recent victory, the latest display, so the question was why not select the identical squad in because they established a benchmark. Now it is about creating habits out of it. We have regrettably a couple of fitness issues at the moment with Livramento and Noni and we bring of course the Arsenal forward in to replace Madueke. The defender was a last-minute addition previously; he will remain with the squad.”
