England omit Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho out of Nations League squad; Ivan Toney chosen

Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho face lacking this 12 months’s World Cup after being overlooked of Gareth Southgate’s final England squad earlier than the finals start in November.

Southgate named a 28-man squad on Thursday for UEFA Nations League matches in opposition to Italy and Germany later this month, which included a primary call-up for Brentford’s Ivan Toney and the remembers of Chelsea defender Ben Chilwell and Tottenham’s Eric Dier.

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Manchester United’s Harry Maguire saved his place and Luke Shaw was introduced again in regardless of each discovering themselves marginalised underneath Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford however two different United gamers who’ve proven indicators of rediscovering their greatest in latest weeks have been omitted.

Rashford was already a doubt with a thigh problem however Sancho is accessible and was hopeful of a return to the senior setup after an upturn in type which featured objectives in opposition to Liverpool and Leicester City.

Sancho’s final call-up got here in October 2021 whereas Rashford has been neglected since November final 12 months.

Shaw is a health doubt with a foot downside whereas Kyle Walker has additionally been chosen regardless of lacking Manchester City’s Champions League win over Borussia Dortmund with a muscular downside.

Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford misses out with a thigh downside and is changed by Dean Henderson, who has thrived at Nottingham Forest on mortgage from United, whereas Chilwell is again within the group for the primary time since November 2021 having suffered a cruciate knee ligament damage which sidelined him for many of final season.

Dier final featured for England in November 2020 and has not been chosen for a squad since March final 12 months however the 28-year-old has begun the season in encouraging vogue at Spurs underneath Antonio Conte.

Those dropped from Southgate’s final squad in June embrace Arsenal’s Ben White, Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher and Leicester City’s James Justin.

The gamers to overlook out might be sweating on their place for the finals in Qatar with simply over two months till England’s first recreation in opposition to Iran on November 21.

FIFA guidelines permit nations to pick out an expanded 26-man group for the finals to offer managers the possibility for additional contingency planning ought to a participant check optimistic for COVID-19. Southgate is predicted to call his finals squad on Monday 14 November.