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  "path": "/2026/03/20/thomas-tuchel-hands-recalls-two-man-utd-stars-snubs-trent-alexander-arnold-latest-england-squad-27553444/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-20T10:07:17.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Thomas Tuchel has named his England squad for the upcoming friendlies (Picture: Getty)\n\nThomas Tuchel has handed England recalls to Manchester United duo Harry Maguire and Kobbie Mainoo for the last international break before the World Cup.\n\nMaguire has not been seen in an England shirt since November 2024 under Lee Carsley, having previously missed out on the Euro 2024 squad due to injury concerns.\n\nKobbie Mainoo, meanwhile, who started in the Euros final against Spain, fell desperately down the national team pecking order after struggling for regular minutes under ex-United boss Ruben Amorim.\n\nBut the pair have now been brought back into the fold as a reward for their fine recent form under new Red Devils interim head coach Michael Carrick.\n\nThere is, however, no place in the squad for United left-back Luke Shaw, who was pushing for a recall, with Newcastle’s Lewis Hall instead receiving his first call-up under Tuchel.\n\nThe German has named an expanded 35-man squad, the final one before he names his 26-man selection for this summer’s World Cup in north America.\n\nBut despite that, and the injury to Reece James, there is still no call-up for Real Madrid defender Trent Alexander-Arnold.\n\n##  Your football fix\n\n**Metro** 's Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week's biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.\n\nSign up here, it's an open goal.\n\nKobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire are back in the England set-up (Picture: Getty)\n\nBut there is still no space for Trent Alexander-Arnold (Picture: Getty)\n\nOllie Watkins is also a surprise omission, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Dominic Solanke preferred as options in attack to deputise behind Harry Kane.\n\nElsewhere, there is a first senior call-up for Everton midfielder James Garner and Brighton goalkeeper Jason Steele, despite the veterean shotstopper having yet to make a league appearance this season.\n\nAlong with Alexander-Arnold and Shaw, there is no room in the squad for full-back Myles Lewis-Skelly, who scored the first goal of Tuchel’s England tenure but has struggled for minutes this season at Arsenal.\n\nGiven the enlarged nature of the squad, Tuchel said this international break, featuring friendlies against Uruguay and Japan, will be ‘divided into basically two camps’.\n\n‘We bring players in that we haven’t seen who haven’t played so much to open up the picture, and the competition for plane tickets to the US,’ the German confirmed.\n\n‘Then from Friday and Saturday, a group of players will come into camp – ten or eleven players who get a rest before and we will then go with a new group and mix of players into the match against Japan.’\n\n##  Full England squad for upcoming friendlies\n\n### Goalkeepers\n\nGoalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), James Trafford (Manchester City), Aaron Ramsdale (Newcastle United), Jason Steele (Brighton & Hove Albion)\n\n### Defenders\n\nDefenders: Dan Burn (Newcastle United), Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace), Lewis Hall (Newcastle United), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Tino Livramento (Newcastle United), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur), John Stones (Manchester City), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan)\n\n### Midfielders\n\nMidfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), James Garner (Everton), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)\n\n### Forwards\n\nForwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Arsenal), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham Hotspur).\n\n**For more stories like this, check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook,** Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Thomas Tuchel recalls two Man Utd stars but snubs Trent Alexander-Arnold in latest England squad"
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