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The England manager has opted to stick with the identical Three Lions selection that triumphed against their previous opponents and produced a stellar performance in Serbia last month, finding no place for the Real Madrid star and the Manchester City attacker in his group for the forthcoming exhibition match against Wales and the qualifying match in Latvia.

Despite Phil Foden pushing for a return to the squad after regaining his top condition at Manchester City, and Jude Bellingham having made a comeback for his Spanish club following shoulder surgery, the head coach has opted not to selecting two of the country's biggest attacking talents. Bellingham has started only once for his club since his comeback.

Tuchel has made room for the Arsenal winger, who is fully recovered and has been restored in place of his unavailable Arsenal teammate the sidelined player. The experienced attacker has not received a return to the squad.

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Goalkeepers

• Crystal Palace's keeper (Crystal Palace)
• Jordan Pickford (Everton)
• James Trafford (Manchester City)

Defenders

• Newcastle's defender (the Magpies)
• Crystal Palace's centre-back (Crystal Palace)
• Reece James (the Blues)
• Ezri Konsa (the Villans)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (the Gunners)
• Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Manchester City's star (the Sky Blues)

Engine room

• Nottingham Forest's midfielder (Forest)
• Nottingham Forest's playmaker (the Reds)
• Jordan Henderson (the Bees)
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Milan)
• Arsenal's anchor (the North London club)
• Morgan Rogers (the Midlands club)

Attackers

• West Ham's forward (West Ham United)
• Arsenal's attacker (Arsenal)
• Newcastle's winger (Newcastle United)
• Bayern Munich's striker (the German giants)
• Barcelona's loanee (the Catalan club, loan from Manchester United)
• Arsenal's star (Arsenal)
• Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

The national team coach expressed his admiration for the energy in last month's squad and appears determined to maintaining the vibe. The Newcastle defender, who featured at the defensive flank in the 5-0 win in Serbia, has dropped out due to a knock. Tuchel has not called up a direct replacement for the Newcastle player but has selected the Manchester City defender, who had to pull out last month. He has spoken about the Manchester City defender's significance for England and has suggested using him in midfield.

There is no place for Adam Wharton, who was selected in the previous squad but withdrew due to injury and was substituted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

Tuchel said: “It was only three weeks since the last camp 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 regrettably a couple of fitness issues at the moment with Tino and Noni and we bring of course the Arsenal forward in to take the place of Noni. Jarell Quansah was a last-minute addition last time; he will remain with the squad.”