The England manager has opted to stick with the same England squad that secured victory against Andorra and delivered an impressive performance in Serbia during the previous international break, finding no place for Jude Bellingham and the Manchester City attacker in his selection for the forthcoming exhibition match against the Welsh side and the qualifying match in Latvia.
Although Foden pushing for a recall after rediscovering his form at his club, and Bellingham having made a comeback for Real Madrid following a surgical procedure, the national team manager has opted not to including two of the nation's biggest offensive stars. Bellingham has started just a single time for his club since his comeback.
Tuchel has made room for the Arsenal winger, who is back to fitness and has been restored in place of his injured Arsenal teammate the sidelined player. The experienced attacker has not been handed a recall.
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Shot-stoppers
- Crystal Palace's keeper (his club)
- Everton's number one (Everton)
- Manchester City's goalkeeper (Manchester City)
Defenders
- Newcastle's defender (Newcastle United)
- Crystal Palace's centre-back (Crystal Palace)
- Chelsea's full-back (the Blues)
- Aston Villa's defender (the Villans)
- Arsenal's young talent (the Gunners)
- Bayer Leverkusen's player (the German club)
- Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur)
- John Stones (Manchester City)
Engine room
- Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest)
- Nottingham Forest's playmaker (the Reds)
- Brentford's experienced head (the Bees)
- Ruben Loftus-Cheek (the Italian side)
- Arsenal's anchor (the North London club)
- Aston Villa's talent (Aston Villa)
Forwards
- West Ham's forward (the Hammers)
- Eberechi Eze (the Emirates side)
- Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United)
- Bayern Munich's striker (the German giants)
- Barcelona's loanee (Barcelona, on loan from United)
- Bukayo Saka (the Gunners)
- Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)
Tuchel highlighted the vibrancy in the previous selection and seems intent on keeping the same atmosphere. The Newcastle defender, who started at left-back in the 5-0 win in Belgrade, has dropped out due to a knee injury. The manager has not called up a like-for-like substitute for the Newcastle player but has included John Stones, who had to withdraw previously. He has spoken about the Manchester City defender's importance for England and has suggested using him in midfield.
No spot has been found for Adam Wharton, who was called up in the previous squad but withdrew injured and was substituted by the Milan player.
The manager stated: “It was only three weeks after the previous gathering and the most recent victory, the last performance, so the consideration was why not select the identical squad in because they established a benchmark. The focus now is on creating habits out of it. We have unfortunately a couple of fitness issues at the moment with Livramento and Madueke and we welcome of course Bukayo Saka in to take the place of Madueke. The defender was a late call-up last time; he will stay in camp.”
