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Thomas Tuchel has opted to stick with the same England squad that secured victory against their previous opponents and produced a stellar performance in Belgrade during the previous international break, finding no place for the Real Madrid star and Phil Foden in his group for the upcoming exhibition match against Wales and the World Cup qualifier in the Baltic nation.

Despite Phil Foden making a strong case for a recall after regaining his top condition at his club, and Jude Bellingham having made a comeback for Real Madrid following a surgical procedure, the head coach has decided against including two of the country's most prominent attacking talents. Bellingham has started only once for his club since his return.

The England boss has found space for Bukayo Saka, who is back to fitness and has been restored in place of his unavailable Arsenal teammate the sidelined player. The experienced attacker has not been handed a return to the squad.

Complete Three Lions Squad List

Shot-stoppers

• Crystal Palace's keeper (Crystal Palace)
• Everton's number one (Everton)
• James Trafford (Manchester City)

Defenders

• Dan Burn (Newcastle United)
• Crystal Palace's centre-back (the Eagles)
• Reece James (Chelsea)
• Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (the Gunners)
• Bayer Leverkusen's player (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Djed Spence (Spurs)
• John Stones (the Sky Blues)

Engine room

• Nottingham Forest's midfielder (Nottingham Forest)
• Morgan Gibbs-White (the Reds)
• Brentford's experienced head (the Bees)
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Milan)
• Arsenal's anchor (Arsenal)
• Aston Villa's talent (Aston Villa)

Attackers

• West Ham's forward (the Hammers)
• Arsenal's attacker (the Emirates side)
• Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United)
• Harry Kane (the German giants)
• Barcelona's loanee (the Catalan club, loan from Manchester United)
• Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
• Aston Villa's forward (Aston Villa)

The national team coach highlighted the energy in the previous selection and appears determined to maintaining the vibe. The Newcastle defender, who featured at left-back in the convincing victory in Belgrade, has been ruled out due to a knee injury. The manager has not called up a direct replacement for the Newcastle player but has selected the Manchester City defender, who had to withdraw last month. Tuchel has spoken about the Manchester City defender's importance for England and has suggested using him in midfield.

There is no place for the midfielder, who was selected last month but pulled out injured and was replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

The manager stated: “It was only three weeks after the previous gathering and the last win, the last performance, so the question was why not select the identical squad in because they established a benchmark. Now it is about building routines out of it. We have regrettably a couple of fitness issues at the moment with Tino and Noni and we bring of course Bukayo Saka in to take the place of Noni. The defender was a late call-up previously; he will stay in camp.”