Gareth Southgate, coach of England, left out Raheem Sterling and Mason Mount in the squad for the matches against Australia (friendly) and Italy (qualifier for Euro 2024).
Sterling (Chelsea) and Mount (Manchester United), this one due to an injury from which he is recovering, did not enter the final list and the main absences of a call in which he Jude BellinghamReal Madrid star and Jarrod Bowen, who returned after starting the season superbly with five goals scored for West Ham. His last match for England came in June 2022.
Another player on a streak Ollie Watkins With four goals in the last two games with Aston Villa, including three against Brighton on Saturday (6-1), he is also back in the ‘pros’ and in his case his last appearance in the ‘pros’ will be in March 2022 .
Maguire, Phillips, Henderson and Saka, on the list
Also includes those who have been criticized Harry Maguire despite the fact that he barely plays for Manchester United, Calvin Phillipsthat due to the absence of Rodrigo Hernández playing for Manchester City, Jordan Henderson whose latter participation is in question due to his departure from Saudi Arabia, and Bukayo Sakadespite the fact that on Tuesday he retired in the first half of Lens-Arsenal in the Champions League due to a muscle problem.
England face Australia at Wembley on October 12 and Italy five days later at the same stage in a qualifying match for Euro 2024.
The call
Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal) and Sam Johnstone (Crystal Palace).
Defenders: Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Lewis Dunk (Brighton), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle) and Kyle Walker (Manchester City).
Midfielders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Al-Ettifaq), Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City) and Declan Rice (Arsenal).
Forwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), James Maddison (Tottenham), Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) and Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
Source: La Verdad
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