The England manager has chosen to retain the same Three Lions selection that secured victory against their previous opponents and produced a stellar performance in Belgrade last month, finding no place for the Real Madrid star and the Manchester City attacker in his selection for the upcoming friendly against Wales and the qualifying match in the Baltic nation.
Despite Foden making a strong case for a recall after regaining his top condition at Manchester City, and Jude Bellingham having made a comeback for his Spanish club following shoulder surgery, the national team manager has decided against selecting two of the country's most prominent attacking talents. Bellingham has been in the starting lineup just a single time for his club since his return.
The England boss has found space for Bukayo Saka, who is back to fitness and has been reinstated in place of his injured club colleague Noni Madueke. Jack Grealish has not received a recall.
Full England Team List
Goalkeepers
- Crystal Palace's keeper (his club)
- Jordan Pickford (the Toffees)
- Manchester City's goalkeeper (the Citizens)
Backline
- Newcastle's defender (the Magpies)
- Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace)
- Chelsea's full-back (the Blues)
- Aston Villa's defender (Aston Villa)
- Arsenal's young talent (Arsenal)
- Bayer Leverkusen's player (the German club)
- Tottenham's defender (Tottenham Hotspur)
- John Stones (Manchester City)
Midfielders
- Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest)
- Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest)
- Jordan Henderson (Brentford)
- Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Milan)
- Declan Rice (the North London club)
- 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 (Arsenal)
- Aston Villa's forward (Aston Villa)
The national team coach expressed his admiration for the vibrancy in last month's squad and appears determined to keeping the same atmosphere. Tino Livramento, who started at the defensive flank in the convincing victory in Serbia, has dropped out due to a knock. The manager has opted against selecting a direct replacement for the Newcastle player but has selected the Manchester City defender, who had to withdraw previously. He has spoken about the Manchester City defender's significance for England and has suggested using him in midfield.
There is no place for the midfielder, who was selected last month but withdrew due to injury and was substituted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Tuchel said: “A mere three weeks after the last camp and the most recent victory, the latest display, so the consideration was why not bring the same group in because they established a benchmark. The focus now is on building routines out of it. We have regrettably a couple of fitness issues at the moment with Livramento and Madueke and we welcome of course the Arsenal forward in to take the place of Noni. The defender was a late call-up last time; he will remain with the squad.”
