London (AFP) - German coach Thomas Tuchel summoned for the first time Job Bellingham, brother of Real Madrid star Jude, to the England national team on Friday, while Cole Palmer was excluded, despite his good performance with Chelsea, for the European Nations League football competition.
Published on: 06/11/2026 - 11:59
Midfielder Job Bellingham (21 years old) joins his older brother under the “Three Lions” colors, after a successful start to the season with German club Borussia Dortmund.
Josh King (19 years old), the Fulham midfielder, is the other new face that Tuchel summoned to the November camp, in preparation for facing Croatia on Thursday, the 12th of this month, before meeting Spain three days later in Madrid.
Tuchel knows the midfielder King after he used him during the preparations for the 2026 World Cup, as well as the youngster Rio Ngomoha (18 years old), the Liverpool winger, who returned to the squad for the next two matches.
Right-back Jed Spence (Italian Inter) also returns to the national team after his absence from the last camp due to injury, as does midfielder Declan Rice, while Bukayo Saka, his Arsenal teammate, is absent.
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford is also absent due to injury.
On the other hand, it seems that the exclusion of Cole Palmer came as a technical decision by the coach, in the position of offensive playmaker, which is witnessing very strong competition in the presence of Jude Bellingham, Morgan Rogers and Morgan Gibbs-White.
The 24-year-old striker missed five out of eight camps under Tuchel's leadership (except for the November camp) due to multiple injuries, some of them minor, which caught the attention of the German coach.
After losing at home to Spain 2-3, the England team achieved three victories in a row without conceding two goals against the Czech Republic and Croatia at the opening of the third group of the first level in the European Nations League.
It is enough for Harry Kane, who won the Ballon d'Or, and his teammates to score one point from the next two matches to reach the quarter-finals.
Here is the lineup:
Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Jason Steele (Brighton), James Trafford (Leeds).
Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Real Madrid, Spain), Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton), Mark Guehi (Manchester City), Lewis Hull (Newcastle), Ezri Konsa (Arsenal), Jarrell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Jed Spence (Inter, Italy), Ben White (Arsenal).
Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Manchester City), Job Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid, Spain), James Garner (Everton), Josh King (Fulham), Myles Lewis-Skelly and Declan Rice (Arsenal).
Forwards: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Anthony Gordon (Barcelona, Spain), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich, Germany), Rio Ngomoha (Liverpool), Morgan Rogers (Chelsea).
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