{"id":15004,"date":"2026-07-07T10:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15004"},"modified":"2026-07-07T10:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:05:06","slug":"england-squad-for-the-2026-fifa-world-cup-in-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15004","title":{"rendered":"England squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in full"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>England manager Thomas Tuchel has revealed the 26-man squad that will be going to the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America this summer. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A number of high-profile names have been omitted, most notably Chelsea playmaker Cole Palmer and Manchester City\u2019s Phil Foden. Palmer has been dealing with injury issues throughout the season, while Foden has never quite recaptured the form that won him the PFA Players\u2019 Player of the Year award in 2023\/24.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham, Aston Villa\u2019s Morgan Rogers and Eberechi Eze of Arsenal will be Tuchel\u2019s options for the no.10 role instead.<\/p>\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold has missed out after a tough first year at Real Madrid following his move from Liverpool last summer, with Tottenham\u2019s Djed Spence surprisingly getting the nod instead despite breaking his jaw on Monday. The full-back is expected to play Spurs\u2019 crucial match against Everton this weekend with a face mask.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/thefootballfaithful.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr-premium-DISABLED\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s official. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThreeLions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThreeLions<\/a> players heading to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FIFAWorldCup<\/a>! \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lqsDBYSP4X\">pic.twitter.com\/lqsDBYSP4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 England (@England) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/England\/status\/2057749785843576894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Manchester United centre-back Harry Maguire confirmed on Thursday that he had not gotten the call-up despite featuring in the March international friendlies against Uruguay and Japan. Chelsea pair Levi Colwill and Trevoh Chalobah have also been left out, with Marc Guehi, Ezri Konsa, John Stones and Jarell Quansah all on the plane.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins and Ivan Toney, who is playing for Al Ahli in Saudi Arabia, have been selected, meaning there\u2019s no place for Brighton\u2019s Danny Welbeck or Dominic Calvert-Lewin of Leeds United following impressive campaigns in front of goal.<\/p>\n<p>Elliot Anderson makes the England squad after a breakout season for Nottingham Forest, but teammate Morgan Gibbs-White does not make the cut despite a strong end to the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Declan Rice, Kobbie Mainoo and Jordan Henderson fill out the midfield, but Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton has been omitted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013\u00a0Maguire \u2018shocked and gutted\u2019 after World Cup snub<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>England squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in full:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">Goalkeepers:<\/b> Jordan Pickford (Everton), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), James Trafford (Manchester City)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">Defenders:<\/b> Reece James (Chelsea), Tino Livramento (Newcastle), Marc Guehi (Manchester City), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), John Stones (Manchester City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Nico O&#8217;Reilly (Manchester City), Dan Burn (Newcastle), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">Midfielders:<\/b> Declan Rice (Arsenal), Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">Forwards:<\/b> Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Noni Madueke (Arsenal), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji td-animation-stack-type0-2\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f4c8.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcc8\"\/> Power Rankings: Roma and Aston Villa gatecrash top 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See Also \u2013 ON THIS DAY: Man United beat Chelsea in first all-English Champions League final<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Facebook\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | YouTube | TikTok<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England manager Thomas Tuchel has revealed the 26-man squad that will be going to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}