THOMAS TUCHEL has named his first England squad – with returns for Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson.

The German’s reign and qualifying for the 2026 World Cup kicks off on March 21 towards Albania earlier than a conflict towards Latvia three days later.

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Tuchel has revealed his squad for the Wembley Stadium double-header and there are a number of shock inclusions.

Rashford has earned an England recall after a yr out following his mortgage transfer from Manchester United to Aston Villa.

He has not scored for his new facet however has began 4 video games since his January swap.

Tuchel has additionally made a daring transfer in bringing 34-year-old Jordan Henderson again into the fold.

The previous Liverpool captain, now with Dutch facet Ajax, has not performed for England since November 2023.

Uncapped Arsenal 18-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly has earned his first call-up.

The wonderkid, who can play at left-back and in midfield, makes the soar from the Underneath-19s to the Three Lions senior squad simply 13 video games into his Premier League profession.

Tuchel may additionally hand debuts to shock inclusions Dan Burn and Jarell Quansah towards Albania or Latvia.

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Newcastle’s 32-year-old defender was watched in individual by the brand new boss because the Toon beat West Ham 1-0 on Monday evening.

As for the Liverpool centre-back, he was chosen within the Euro 2024 provisional squad however bought axed when it was minimize down forward of the event with out making an look.

Reece James, who gained the Champions League underneath Tuchel at Chelsea, is again on the worldwide stage after two years away.

Manchester Metropolis’s Kyle Walker, on mortgage at AC Milan, retains his place together with Villa’s Morgan Rogers, Liverpool’s Curtis Jones and West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen.

SunSport understands that Ollie Watkins is resting his knee and Tottenham’s Dominic Solanke has been chosen as back-up to Harry Kane.

Tuchel has been unable to name upon Bukayo Saka, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Harry Maguire, John Stones, Kobbie Mainoo, Luke Shaw and Lewis Corridor resulting from health doubts and accidents.

However the brand new boss has snubbed Jack Grealish, who has performed simply 34 minutes in Metropolis’s final 11 Prem video games.  

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Tuchel formally took over as supervisor on January 1 and reportedly contacted 55 gamers earlier than revealing his squad right now.

The ex-Chelsea, PSG and Bayern Munich boss has penned an 18-month contract with the FA and has been tasked with bringing dwelling the World Cup in 2026.

Tuchel steps in after Lee Carsley, who took over from Gareth Southgate, noticed his interim function come to an finish.

Carsley guided England to 5 victories in six video games because the Three Lions earned promotion again to the highest part of the Nations League by successful League B Group 2.

It was a much-needed return to type after blended performances at Euro 2024 that led to closing heartbreak towards Spain.

The match was Southgate’s final within the job, quitting after eight years on the helm.

Whereas Southgate was in cost, England completed runner-up at two Euros, in addition to making a semi-final and quarter-final in his two World Cup campaigns.

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