England squad for Wales and Latvia games confirmed as Tuchel makes Grealish call

THOMAS TUCHEL has named his England squad for upcoming fixtures against Wales and Latvia.

Jude Bellingham , Phil Foden and Jack Grealish all miss out, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek called up after stepping in for Adam Wharton last month.

4 Thomas Tuchel has named his England squad for the upcoming international break Credit: Getty

4 Jack Grealish misses out despite a strong start to the season with Everton Credit: Getty

Bukayo Saka returns to the fold after bouncing back from a hamstring injury.

And former Liverpool defender Jarell Quansah has earned a spot following a positive start to life at Bayer Leverkusen .

Cole Palmer is absent from the list due to a groin injury, with Tino Livramento and Noni Madueke also missing out due to knocks picked up in recent weeks.

Fans had expected Grealish to earn his first call-up of the year following his fantastic start to the season with Everton.

The 30-year-old has managed four assists in eight appearances so far this term and was named Premier League Player of the Month for August.

Foden has also returned to form after a disappointing 2024-25 campaign.

The 25-year-old has two goals and two assists to his name in seven outings for Manchester City this campaign.

Bellingham is another absentee from the 24-man squad.

The midfielder missed out on the last international break while recovering from shoulder surgery .

He made his first appearance of the season for Real Madrid against Espanyol on September 20 and has played in every match since.

JUDE BELLINGHAM is the biggest name missing from Thomas Tuchel's latest squad, writes Charlie Wyett.

Although he is returning from a shoulder injury, it is still odd he has not been included.

England play Wales next Thursday and then travel to Latvia for a World Cup qualifier five days later.

The Three Lions are certain to qualify for the World Cup but it is naive to think the team is in good shape.

Phil Foden, Jack Grealish and Ben White were also hoping to be included but have been left out.

It seems to me that Tuchel is putting unnecessary pressure on himself.

Arsenal defender Ben White will also have to wait for his England comeback following his recent return to fitness.

Tuchel has made no changes to his goalkeeper trio for the upcoming break, with Dean Henderson , Jordan Pickford and James Trafford all keeping their places.

The defensive line-up remains largely the same, with only Quansah stepping in for Livramento.

Dan Burn , Marc Guehi , Reece James , Ezri Konsa , Myles Lewis-Skelly , Djed Spence and John Stones retain their spots.

Loftus-Cheek for Wharton is the only change in midfield with Elliot Anderson , Morgan Gibbs-White , Jordan Henderson , Declan Rice and Morgan Rogers also included.

And in attack, Saka replaces Madueke with Jarrod Bowen , Eberechi Eze , Anthony Gordon , Harry Kane , Marcus Rashford and Ollie Watkins also in the squad.

Explaining his picks, head coach Tuchel said: "It's only three weeks since the last camp.

4 Phil Foden is also out of the squad Credit: Getty

"We had a winning last performance so the question was why not bring the same group in because they set the standards and now it's about creating habits out of it.

"We have two injuries with Tino [Livramento] and Noni [Madueke] and we bring Bukayo Saka in to replace Noni and Jarrel Quansah was a late call up last time. He will stay in camp."

On Bellingham's omission specifically, Tuchel said in a press conference: "Jude is a very special player and for special players there can be special rules but for this camp, we thought to stick with our decision to stick with the same team.

"There is an extra layer in that he has not fully gathered rhythm and has not finished a full match until now and has only started one match.

"He wanted to be called up. We had a phone call but he has not finished a match as I said."

England take on Wales in a friendly at Wembley on October 9 followed by a World Cup qualifier against Latvia on October 14.

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