Ivan Toney and Trevoh Chalobah have been called up by Thomas Tuchel for England’s matches next month, and Conor Gallagher has also been included. But there is no presence in the squad for players including Harry Maguire, Marc Guéhi, Dominic Solanke and Phil Foden.
Toney is back for the first time since he left Brentford for the Saudi Premier League club Al-Ahli last summer. He has scored 29 goals in 43 games this season and won the Asian Champions League.
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Chalobah’s call-up is his first with the senior squad after England appearances at a number of age-group levels. He and Jude Bellingham, who is due to have shoulder surgery later this summer, are among the players included before they are due to go to the Club World Cup.
Foden has not fully recovered from ankle ligament damage sustained in early April and said this week in relation to an England call-up that it may be “better to rest and get my ankle fully 100% back”. Guéhi was in Tuchel’s previous squad and has not been included after lifting the FA Cup with Palace.
England play a World Cup qualifier against Andorra in Barcelona on 7 June and play Senegal in a friendly in Nottingham three days later.
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The international window sits in an awkward spot for Tuchel, coming after the domestic season has ended and before the Club World Cup begins in the US on 15 June. Players with England caps are involved with five teams at the tournament: Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Atlético Madrid.
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