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The England manager has chosen to retain the identical Three Lions selection that secured victory against Andorra and produced a stellar display in Serbia last month, finding no place for the Real Madrid star and Phil Foden in his group for the upcoming friendly against Wales and the qualifying match in Latvia.

Despite Phil Foden making a strong case for a recall after regaining his top condition at his club, and Bellingham having made a comeback for Real Madrid following a surgical procedure, the head coach has decided against including two of the nation's biggest attacking talents. Bellingham has been in the starting lineup only once for his team since his comeback.

The England boss has made room for Bukayo Saka, who is fully recovered and has been restored in place of his injured club colleague Noni Madueke. Jack Grealish has not received a return to the squad.

Complete England Squad List

Shot-stoppers

• Dean Henderson (his club)
• Everton's number one (the Toffees)
• Manchester City's goalkeeper (Manchester City)

Backline

• Dan Burn (the Magpies)
• Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace)
• Chelsea's full-back (the Blues)
• Aston Villa's defender (Aston Villa)
• Arsenal's young talent (Arsenal)
• Bayer Leverkusen's player (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Djed Spence (Spurs)
• John Stones (Manchester City)

Engine room

• Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest)
• Nottingham Forest's playmaker (Nottingham Forest)
• Brentford's experienced head (Brentford)
• Milan's midfielder (the Italian side)
• Declan Rice (Arsenal)
• Aston Villa's talent (Aston Villa)

Attackers

• Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United)
• Arsenal's attacker (Arsenal)
• Newcastle's winger (the Geordies)
• Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
• Barcelona's loanee (the Catalan club, on loan from 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 appears determined to keeping the same atmosphere. Tino Livramento, who featured at left-back in the 5-0 win in Serbia, has been ruled out due to a knock. Tuchel has not called up a direct replacement for the Magpies star but has selected the Manchester City defender, who had to withdraw previously. He has discussed the Manchester City defender's significance for England and has floated the idea of deploying him in the middle of the park.

There is no place for Adam Wharton, who was selected last month but pulled out due to injury and was replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

The manager stated: “A mere three weeks after the last camp and the last win, the last performance, so the question was why not select the same group in because they established a benchmark. Now it is about building routines out of it. We have regrettably two injuries at the moment with Tino and Noni and we bring of course Bukayo Saka in to replace Madueke. The defender was a late call-up last time; he will stay in camp.”