Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has been unnoticed of the squad for England’s last match earlier than the World Cup.
Having seen relegation from the Nations League’s prime tier confirmed with Friday’s 1-0 loss in Italy, Gareth Southgate’s aspect go on the lookout for a morale-boosting win in opposition to Germany.
England’s 28-man choice needed to be reduce to a matchday squad of 23 for the Group A3 fixture on Monday night, with Alexander-Arnold essentially the most eye-catching omission.
The 23-year-old was an unused substitute in Milan and the 17-cap full-back has struggled to switch his Liverpool type to the worldwide degree underneath Southgate.
Alexander-Arnold’s exclusion casts contemporary doubt over his possibilities of making the World Cup, particularly as different right-back choices Reece James, Kyle Walker and Kieran Trippier have been relied upon extra typically.
“I think he’s a fantastic footballer and he of course adds, as a lot of the other players do, different qualities to the game,” Southgate stated on the eve of the sport.
“He does have a fantastic range of passing. We’re blessed with different profiles of player in that position.
“If we play with wing-backs, Trippier and Reece James are also exceptional with the ball, in different ways, and we’re always having to look at the full package with everything and assess the players on all of their attributes.
“They’ve all been to Champions League finals, some of them have been to latter stages of major tournaments with us, Trent’s won the league, Trippier’s won the Spanish league, Walker’s won the English league.
“There are so many good attributes about them, it’s a really difficult position to make decisions on, but we have to go with the ones we believe, and ultimately I’ll be judged on the outcome, as we know.”
AC Milan centre-back Fikayo Tomori, Southampton captain James Ward-Prowse and West Ham ahead Jarrod Bowen joined Alexander-Arnold in being unnoticed of the squad listing revealed by UEFA.
Manchester City playmaker Jack Grealish may also be absent in opposition to Germany because of suspension.
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk