The England squad for Euro 2024 qualifiers towards Malta and North Macedonia in June has been introduced, and Gareth Southgate has taken the choice to go away Raheem Sterling out of his 25-man squad.
Simply six objectives and three assists within the Premier League this season has seen the England supervisor take the tough determination to omit the Chelsea ahead from the squad. A hamstring damage saved him out of the squad for England’s March victories over Italy and Ukraine, too.
England journey to Malta on Friday 16 June for his or her third qualifying recreation, earlier than welcoming North Macedonia to Outdated Trafford on Monday 19 June. England are at present prime of Group C, with the highest two sides qualifying routinely for Euro 2024.
Elsewhere, Eberechi Eze has obtained his first senior call-up, the 24-year-old’s spectacular type for Crystal Palace probably seeing him make his England debut within the coming weeks.
Tyrone Mings and Lewis Dunk additionally return to the squad. Mings final appeared for the Three Lions towards Cote d’Ivoire in March 2022, whereas Dunk’s most up-to-date squad inclusion got here greater than 5 years in the past, in 2018.
Southgate has additionally named three right-backs within the squad, with Kieran Trippier, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Kyle Walker all included.
Nearly all of the squad will report back to St. George’s Park to start their preparations for the video games on Monday 12 June, however the 5 Manchester Metropolis gamers and Declan Rice will all be part of up with the staff at a later date, on account of their involvements within the Champions League and Europa Convention League finals.
England squad vs Malta and North Macedonia in full
- GK: Sam Johnstone (Crystal Palace)
- GK: Jordan Pickford (Everton)
- GK: Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)
- DF: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
- DF: Lewis Dunk (Brighton & Hove Albion)
- DF: Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)
- DF: Harry Maguire (Manchester United)
- DF: Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa)
- DF: Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
- DF: John Stones (Manchester Metropolis)
- DF: Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United)
- DF: Kyle Walker (Manchester Metropolis)
- MF: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
- MF: Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)
- MF: Conor Gallagher (Chelsea)
- MF: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool)
- MF: Kalvin Phillips (Manchester Metropolis)
- MF: Declan Rice (West Ham United)
- FW: Phil Foden (Manchester Metropolis)
- FW: Jack Grealish (Manchester Metropolis)
- FW: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
- FW: James Maddison (Leicester Metropolis)
- FW: Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)
- FW: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
