Tuchel drops three players from England squad

England manager, Thomas Tuchel, has decided to leave out Morgan Gibbs-White, Jarell Quansah and Aaron Ramsdale for his side’s game against Albania on Friday.

Tuchel had last week named his first 26-player squad for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia.

However, the former Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain coach was forced to omit three stars for his 23-player matchday squad.

UEFA confirmed Tuchel’s first squad list on Friday.

All other players from last week’s squad announcement are in line to play, including surprise selection Jordan Henderson.

Here is Tuchel’s 23-man squad in full:

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson, Jordan Pickford and James Trafford

Defenders: Dan Burn, Levi Colwill, Marc Guehi, Reece James, Ezri Konsa, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Tino Livramento, Kyle Walker.

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham, Eberechi Eze, Jordan Henderson, Curtis Jones, Declan Rice and Morgan Rogers

Forwards: Jarrod Bowen, Phil Foden, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford

Tuchel drops three players from England squad