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Who isn’t going to the World Cup?

We know now for certain which players will not be playing at this year’s World Cup for England.

Some of the big names missing out include:

• Phil Foden (Manchester City)
• Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
• Trent Alexander-Arnold (Real Madrid)
• Harry Maguire (Manchester United)
• Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
• Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest)
• Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United)

Other less established players who had been involved in recent England camps but also miss out are:

• Lewis Hall (Newcastle United)
• Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)
• James Garner (Everton)
• Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United)
• Dominic Solanke (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal)

‘Difficult phone calls’: Tuchel’s first comments on squad

Some of Thomas Tuchel’s thoughts on his England World Cup are starting to be shared.

“It’s hard to please. We have to pick a squad we as a staff are convinced and really love,” he said.

“If there are doubts [from the players about coach’s love] you don’t play on the same level. 

“Who do we really trust? Who delivered for us? Who created a culture especially from September onwards?

“The connection has to be there.”

On the absences of Phil Foden, Cole Palmer and Harry Maguire specifically, Tuchel said:

“Difficult phone calls. I respect all of them. As players, personalities. All of them have been in camp, have been excellent. 

“To reduce it was difficult, sometimes painfully difficult. Even in the phone calls I felt the emotion. 

“I called all the players who were in camp with us at least one time. A lot of them deserved to be with us.”