With 28 players, Southgate calls up England for Nations League matches | The League of Nations

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Take a look at the England squad:

• goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Nottingham Forest), Nick Pope (Newcastle), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)
• Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Marc Guehy (Crystal Palace), Rhys James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Luke Shaw (Manchester) . United), John Stones (Manchester City), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle) and Kyle Walker (Manchester City).
• Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Calvin Phillips (Manchester City), Declan Rice (West Ham), E James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)
• Attackers: Tammy Abraham (Roma), Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), and Evan Toni (Brentford) . ))

Despite the large number of players on the squad, Southgate ruled out names who played well at the start of the season. Two of them, that of striker Marcus Rashford – who suffers from a muscle injury and did not travel with Manchester United for the Europa League match against Sheriff this Thursday – and Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson, both suffered a hamstring injury. Another is the absence of Jadon Sancho, the Manchester United striker who has not been called up since October last year.

– There are some players that we wanted to continue with now, but that doesn’t mean that this is the end of some of the other players. Marcus Rashford, for example, has shown encouraging signs of late. He’s a player we know well, so if he can play at a high level in the next few weeks, he will definitely be under consideration.”

On the other hand, Southgate called up Eric Dyer. The Tottenham defender has not worn an England shirt since the Nations League victory over Iceland in November 2020. Another novelty is the first call-up of Evan Toni, the Brentford striker who is currently the Premier League’s deputy top scorer alongside Harry. Ken.

One of the concerns at Southgate’s squad is players not playing as a starter for the club:

We obviously have players, including Ben Chilwell, Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire and Calvin Phillips, who don’t play several minutes in their clubs. It’s not perfect, but we feel that they were and could be important players for us. It’s not an ideal situation, but there is a lot of football to play ahead of Qatar.

England is at the bottom of Group C in the League of Nations. Only two points have been added in four matches. If he remains in the fourth position of the category, he will be relegated to the second division of the competition. The English are no longer in a position to reach the playoffs.