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The England manager has chosen to retain the same England squad that secured victory against their previous opponents and delivered an impressive display in Belgrade last month, finding no place for the Real Madrid star and the Manchester City attacker in his group for the upcoming exhibition match against the Welsh side and the qualifying match in Latvia.

Despite Phil Foden making a strong case for a recall after rediscovering his form at his club, and Bellingham having made a comeback for Real Madrid following a surgical procedure, the national team manager has decided against including two of the nation's most prominent offensive stars. The young midfielder has been in the starting lineup just a single time for his club since his return.

Tuchel has made room for Bukayo Saka, who is back to fitness and has been restored in place of his unavailable Arsenal teammate the sidelined player. The experienced attacker has not been handed a recall.

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Shot-stoppers

• Crystal Palace's keeper (his club)
• Everton's number one (the Toffees)
• James Trafford (the Citizens)

Backline

• Dan Burn (the Magpies)
• Crystal Palace's centre-back (the Eagles)
• Chelsea's full-back (the Blues)
• Ezri Konsa (the Villans)
• Arsenal's young talent (Arsenal)
• Bayer Leverkusen's player (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Tottenham's defender (Spurs)
• Manchester City's star (Manchester City)

Midfielders

• Nottingham Forest's midfielder (Forest)
• Nottingham Forest's playmaker (the Reds)
• Brentford's experienced head (Brentford)
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek (the Italian side)
• Declan Rice (the North London club)
• Aston Villa's talent (Aston Villa)

Forwards

• West Ham's forward (West Ham United)
• Eberechi Eze (the Emirates side)
• Newcastle's winger (the Geordies)
• Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
• Barcelona's loanee (Barcelona, loan from Manchester United)
• Arsenal's star (Arsenal)
• Aston Villa's forward (Aston Villa)

The national team coach expressed his admiration for the energy in last month's squad and seems intent on keeping the same atmosphere. Tino Livramento, who featured at the defensive flank in the 5-0 win in Serbia, has dropped out due to a knee injury. Tuchel has not called up a like-for-like substitute for the Magpies star but has selected the Manchester City defender, who had to withdraw previously. Tuchel has spoken about the centre-back's significance for the national team and has suggested using him in midfield.

There is no place for Adam Wharton, who was called up in the previous squad but withdrew due to injury and was substituted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

Tuchel said: “It was only three weeks since the last camp and the most recent victory, the latest display, so the consideration was why not select the identical squad in because they set the standard. Now it is about building routines out of it. We have unfortunately two injuries at the moment with Tino and Noni and we bring of course Bukayo Saka in to replace Noni. Jarell Quansah was a late call-up previously; he will stay in camp.”