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Tuchel: Palmer misses too many opportunities to impress
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England manager shared why he didn’t call the player.

England head coach Thomas Tuchel claimed Cole Palmer “misses too many chances to impress” after not selecting the Blues attacker for this month’s Nations League matches.

Cole, who is 24 years old, dropped out of Three Lions’ squad for their previous matches and is absent again for games vs. Croatia at Wembley and Spain in Madrid.

Thomas has instead selected Fulham’s Josh King and Borussia Dortmund’s Jobe Bellingham for the first time. Both footballers are attacking midfielders.

“We have plenty of number 10s, and we stick to the players who were in the previous camp because we were happy with the 2 and a half weeks we spent together,” Tuchel explained.

“We add Josh King as a new footballer in there, but I want to see him on both wings. King can play all 4 positions, and that’s extremely valuable to any coach.

“Everyone wants to play for the national team, and Palmer is no exception, but he misses too many chances to impress.”

Jobe, who is 21 years old, joins his brother Jude in the national team, and they could be the 1st pair of siblings to feature in the Three Lions line-up since Gary and Phil Neville.