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Trent Alexander-Arnold, Cole Palmer and Declan Rice headlined England’s newest withdrawals from Lee Carsley’s remaining squad for his or her upcoming Nations League fixtures.
The Three Lions tackle Greece this Thursday earlier than returning to Wembley three days later to face the Republic of Eire, however might be with out eight key gamers for these video games.
Alexander-Arnold was changed by Conor Bradley within the twenty fifth minute of Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday, although Arne Slot is hopeful the damage just isn’t a critical one.
And his absence might be felt by the Three Lions. Solely Mohamed Salah (21) has created extra probabilities for the Reds within the Premier League this time period than Alexander-Arnold (20).
Palmer, who missed coaching following a problem from Lisandro Martinez throughout Chelsea’s draw with Manchester United earlier than enjoying towards Arsenal, is one other to drop out.
This season, Palmer’s 12 objective involvements (seven targets, 5 assists) within the Premier League is barely bettered by Liverpool’s Salah (14).
Arsenal duo Bukayo Saka and Rice additionally miss out, with the latter coping with a foot damage that compelled him to overlook the Gunners’ Champions League defeat to Inter final week.
Rice was substituted within the 71st minute of their 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Sunday, with Saka limping off 10 minutes from time at Stamford Bridge.
A #ThreeLions squad replace from St. George’s Park
— England (@England) November 11, 2024
Phil Foden and Jack Grealish are additionally dominated out, with Pep Guardiola expressing his frustration in regards to the latter’s inclusion by Carsley after ruling him out of their journey to Brighton.
Southampton’s Aaron Ramsdale and Chelsea’s Levi Colwill have additionally withdrawn from the preliminary 26-man squad.
It has, nevertheless, opened the door for Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers to obtain his first senior name after impressing below Unai Emery this season.
Rogers has three targets and three assists in 15 appearances in all competitions for the Villans this time period, a complete solely bettered by Jhon Duran and Ollie Watkins (each eight).
Jarrod Bowen and Jarrad Branthwaite together with the uncapped Tino Livramento and James Trafford have additionally been added to Carsley’s ranks.
