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Thomas Tuchel has opted to stick with the identical Three Lions selection that secured victory against their previous opponents and delivered an impressive display in Serbia last month, finding no place for Jude Bellingham and the Manchester City attacker in his selection for the forthcoming friendly against the Welsh side and the qualifying match in Latvia.

Despite Foden making a strong case for a return to the squad after rediscovering his form at Manchester City, and Jude Bellingham having returned for his Spanish club following shoulder surgery, the head coach has opted not to including two of the nation's most prominent attacking talents. Bellingham has started only once for his club since his comeback.

Tuchel has made room for Bukayo Saka, who is back to fitness and has been restored in place of his injured club colleague the sidelined player. Jack Grealish has not been handed a return to the squad.

Full Three Lions Squad Announcement

Goalkeepers

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

Backline

• Newcastle's defender (the Magpies)
• Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace)
• Chelsea's full-back (the Blues)
• Aston Villa's defender (Aston Villa)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal)
• Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Djed Spence (Spurs)
• John Stones (Manchester City)

Midfielders

• Nottingham Forest's midfielder (Nottingham Forest)
• Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest)
• Brentford's experienced head (the Bees)
• Milan's midfielder (the Italian side)
• Arsenal's anchor (the North London club)
• Morgan Rogers (the Midlands club)

Attackers

• West Ham's forward (the Hammers)
• Arsenal's attacker (Arsenal)
• Anthony Gordon (the Geordies)
• Bayern Munich's striker (the German giants)
• Barcelona's loanee (the Catalan club, loan from Manchester United)
• Bukayo Saka (the Gunners)
• Aston Villa's forward (Aston Villa)

Tuchel highlighted the vibrancy in last month's squad and seems intent on keeping the same atmosphere. Tino Livramento, who started at the defensive flank in the convincing victory in Belgrade, has been ruled out due to a knock. The manager has opted against selecting a direct replacement for the Magpies star but has included the Manchester City defender, who had to withdraw last month. He has spoken about the Manchester City defender's importance for the national team and has suggested using him in midfield.

There is no place for Adam Wharton, who was selected last month but withdrew injured and was replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

Tuchel said: “It was only three weeks after the last camp and the most recent victory, the latest display, so the consideration was why not select the same group in because they established a benchmark. Now it is about creating habits out of it. We have regrettably a couple of fitness issues at the moment with Tino and Madueke and we bring of course Bukayo Saka in to take the place of Madueke. The defender was a late call-up previously; he will stay in camp.”