LONDON: Borussia Dortmund’s teen midfielder, Jude Bellingham was abandoned but Ollie Watkins striker remembered on Thursday because British manager Gareth Southgate named his troops for the World Cup qualifier to come to Andorra and home for Hungary.
Phil Foden Manchester City returned after losing the qualification in September due to an injury when the former Chelsea defender AC Milan, Fikayo Tomori was also named in the squad without the wounded Harry Maguire.
Tomori has impressed this season and is likely to get a second hat, after making his debut in November 2019.
Arsenal Guard Aaron Ramsdale is included in the squad with Burnley’s Nick Pope dropouts.
Liverpool immediately returned the trent Alexander-Arnold longed for injury.
Bellingham, 18, has been impressed in a brief international career but will not play a part of one of two matches that can seal British qualifications for the final in Qatar.
It can be understood that Southgate makes the decision to manage workloads in young people.
The return of Watkins was a boost for Aston Villa players who were cut from the 2020 Southgate Euro Euro, although a little surprising was the disappearance of Manchester United in the form of young striker Mason Greenwood.
Watkins hasn’t scored for Villa this season.
England played against Andorra on October 9 before accommodating Hungary on October 12 and even though they needed eight points from their remaining matches to ensure qualified, they could manage it with two wins next month, depending on other results.
They are the top of the group with 16 points from six matches, four more than Albania who are second and five in front of Poland.
Forces: Goalkeeper: Jordan Pickford, Sam Johnstone, Aaron Ramsdale Defenders: Conor Cady, Reece James, Tyrone Mings, Luke Shaw, John Stones, Fikayo Tomori, Kyle Walker, Kyle Walker.
Midfielder: Phil Foden, Jordan Henderson, Jesse Lingard, Mason Mount, Kalvin Phillips, Reclan Rice.
Continue: Jack Greal, Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka, Sancho Jadon, Raheem Sterling, Ollie Watkins.