{"id":490727,"date":"2025-03-14T07:34:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=490727"},"modified":"2025-03-14T07:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:34:44","slug":"tuchel-names-his-first-england-squad-as-rashford-returns","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/tuchel-names-his-first-england-squad-as-rashford-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuchel names his first England squad as Rashford returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa attacker Marcus Rashford has been picked in Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s 1<sup>st<\/sup> squad as England head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus appeared for the last time for the national team in a friendly vs. Brazil 12 months ago but has been playing a lot better after his move from Manchester United to Aston Villa at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies defender Dan Burn and the Gunners\u2019 Myles Lewis-Skelly received their 1<sup>st<\/sup> called up for the Three Lions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THOMAS TUCHEL HAS NAMED HIS FIRST ENGLAND SQUAD! \u270d\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>They will take on Albania and Latvia in World Cup 2026 qualifiers.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBCFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BBCFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9NzZszDkfG\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/9NzZszDkfG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSport\/status\/1900476210913718496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>England begin their qualifying campaign for the World Cup in North America next year with 2 matches at Wembley vs. Albania and Latvia. The first one is next Friday, while the second is a few days later on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The German manager also included Ajax star Jordan Henderson among the players for the upcoming qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan (34) played for the last time for the national team vs. Malta at the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford and the Reds defender Jarell Quansah are the other debutants in Tuchel\u2019s 1<sup>st<\/sup> squad as the manager of the Three Lions.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs forward Dominic Solanke also found himself in the English squad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f Thomas Tuchel: \u201cBen White didn\u2019t refuse the call, he loves to be back in the squad\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think it\u2019s a bit too early now for him given the seriousness of his injury. I\u2019m delighted he\u2019s back. We\u2019re monitoring his progress. Thanks to everyone at Arsenal\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4YbUdTEk7B\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/4YbUdTEk7B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1900509354282893369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa attacker Marcus Rashford has been picked in Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s 1st squad as England head coach. 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