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The England manager has chosen to retain the same Three Lions selection that triumphed against their previous opponents and delivered an impressive performance in Belgrade during the previous international break, leaving no room for Jude Bellingham and the Manchester City attacker in his selection for the upcoming exhibition match against the Welsh side and the World Cup qualifier in the Baltic nation.

Despite Phil Foden pushing for a return to the squad after rediscovering his form at Manchester City, and Jude Bellingham having made a comeback for his Spanish club following shoulder surgery, the head coach has opted not to including two of the country's biggest attacking talents. The young midfielder has been in the starting lineup only once for his club since his return.

Tuchel has found space for the Arsenal winger, who is back to fitness and has been restored in place of his unavailable club colleague Noni Madueke. The experienced attacker has not received a recall.

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Shot-stoppers

• Crystal Palace's keeper (his club)
• Everton's number one (Everton)
• Manchester City's goalkeeper (the Citizens)

Backline

• Newcastle's defender (Newcastle United)
• Crystal Palace's centre-back (Crystal Palace)
• Chelsea's full-back (the Blues)
• Ezri Konsa (the Villans)
• Arsenal's young talent (Arsenal)
• Bayer Leverkusen's player (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Tottenham's defender (Spurs)
• Manchester City's star (the Sky Blues)

Midfielders

• Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest)
• Nottingham Forest's playmaker (the Reds)
• Brentford's experienced head (the Bees)
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Milan)
• Arsenal's anchor (Arsenal)
• Morgan Rogers (the Midlands club)

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)

Tuchel expressed his admiration for the vibrancy in last month's squad and appears determined to maintaining the vibe. The Newcastle defender, who started at the defensive flank in the 5-0 win in Serbia, has dropped out due to a knock. The manager has opted against selecting a direct replacement for the Magpies star but has selected John Stones, who had to pull out previously. Tuchel has spoken about the Manchester City defender's significance for the national team and has floated the idea of using him in midfield.

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

The manager stated: “A mere three weeks since the last camp and the most recent victory, the last performance, so the consideration was why not select the identical squad in because they established a benchmark. The focus now is on building routines out of it. We have regrettably a couple of fitness issues at the moment with Tino and Madueke and we welcome of course Bukayo Saka in to take the place of Noni. Jarell Quansah was a last-minute addition last time; he will stay in camp.”