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The England manager has chosen to retain the identical England squad that triumphed against Andorra and produced a stellar performance in Serbia during the previous international break, finding no place for the Real Madrid star and Phil Foden in his group for the forthcoming exhibition match against the Welsh side and the qualifying match in the Baltic nation.

Although Phil Foden pushing for a return to the squad after regaining his top condition at his club, and Jude Bellingham having made a comeback for Real Madrid following a surgical procedure, the national team manager has opted not to including two of the nation's biggest attacking talents. Bellingham has started only once for his team since his comeback.

Tuchel has found space for Bukayo Saka, who is fully recovered and has been reinstated 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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Shot-stoppers

• Crystal Palace's keeper (Crystal Palace)
• Everton's number one (Everton)
• James Trafford (the Citizens)

Backline

• Newcastle's defender (Newcastle United)
• Crystal Palace's centre-back (the Eagles)
• Reece James (the Blues)
• Aston Villa's defender (the Villans)
• Arsenal's young talent (the Gunners)
• Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur)
• John Stones (Manchester City)

Engine room

• Nottingham Forest's midfielder (Forest)
• Nottingham Forest's playmaker (the Reds)
• Jordan Henderson (Brentford)
• Milan's midfielder (Milan)
• Declan Rice (Arsenal)
• Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa)

Attackers

• West Ham's forward (the Hammers)
• Eberechi Eze (Arsenal)
• Newcastle's winger (the Geordies)
• Bayern Munich's striker (the German giants)
• Marcus Rashford (the Catalan club, on loan from United)
• Arsenal's star (Arsenal)
• Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

The national team coach highlighted the vibrancy in last month's squad and appears determined to maintaining the vibe. The Newcastle defender, who featured at left-back in the convincing victory in Belgrade, has dropped out due to a knock. The manager has not called up a like-for-like substitute for the Newcastle player but has selected John Stones, who had to withdraw last month. Tuchel has spoken about the centre-back's importance for the national team and has suggested deploying him in the middle of the park.

No spot has been found for the midfielder, who was called up in the previous squad but pulled out injured and was replaced by the Milan player.

Tuchel said: “It was only three weeks after the last camp and the most recent victory, the last performance, so the consideration was why not select the same group in because they set the standard. Now it is about building routines out of it. We have unfortunately two injuries at the moment with Tino and Madueke and we bring of course Bukayo Saka in to take the place of Noni. Jarell Quansah was a late call-up last time; he will remain with the squad.”