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The England manager has chosen to retain the identical England squad that triumphed against Andorra and delivered an impressive display in Belgrade during the previous international break, leaving no room for Jude Bellingham and the Manchester City attacker in his selection for the upcoming exhibition match against the Welsh side and the World Cup qualifier in the Baltic nation.

Despite Phil Foden pushing for a recall after regaining his top condition at his club, and Bellingham having returned for his Spanish club following shoulder surgery, the national team manager has opted not to including two of the country's biggest offensive stars. The young midfielder has started only once for his team since his comeback.

Tuchel has made room for Bukayo Saka, who is fully recovered and has been restored in place of his unavailable club colleague the sidelined player. The experienced attacker has not been handed a return to the squad.

Complete Three Lions Team List

Goalkeepers

• Crystal Palace's keeper (his club)
• Jordan Pickford (Everton)
• James Trafford (Manchester City)

Defenders

• Newcastle's defender (the Magpies)
• Crystal Palace's centre-back (the Eagles)
• Reece James (Chelsea)
• Ezri Konsa (the Villans)
• Arsenal's young talent (Arsenal)
• Bayer Leverkusen's player (the German club)
• Tottenham's defender (Spurs)
• Manchester City's star (Manchester City)

Engine room

• Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest)
• Morgan Gibbs-White (the Reds)
• Jordan Henderson (the Bees)
• Milan's midfielder (Milan)
• Declan Rice (the North London club)
• Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa)

Attackers

• Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United)
• Arsenal's attacker (the Emirates side)
• Anthony Gordon (the Geordies)
• Harry Kane (the German giants)
• Marcus Rashford (the Catalan club, on loan from United)
• Bukayo Saka (the Gunners)
• Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

The national team coach highlighted the vibrancy in last month's squad and appears determined to maintaining the vibe. Tino Livramento, who featured at the defensive flank in the convincing victory in Serbia, has been ruled out due to a knee injury. Tuchel has opted against selecting a like-for-like substitute for the Newcastle player but has selected the Manchester City defender, who had to pull out previously. He has spoken about the centre-back's significance for the national team and has floated the idea of deploying him in the middle of the park.

No spot has been found for the midfielder, who was selected in the previous squad but pulled out due to injury and was replaced by the Milan player.

Tuchel said: “It was only three weeks after the previous gathering and the last win, the last performance, so the consideration was why not bring the same group in because they established a benchmark. The focus now is on building routines out of it. We have unfortunately a couple of fitness issues at the moment with Livramento and Madueke and we bring of course the Arsenal forward in to take the place of Madueke. The defender was a late call-up previously; he will remain with the squad.”