{"id":18244,"date":"2026-05-22T08:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/englands-world-cup-2026-squad-to-be-revealed-by-thomas-tuchel-football-live-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:48:58","slug":"englands-world-cup-2026-squad-to-be-revealed-by-thomas-tuchel-football-live-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/englands-world-cup-2026-squad-to-be-revealed-by-thomas-tuchel-football-live-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"England\u2019s World Cup 2026 squad to be revealed by Thomas Tuchel: football \u2013 live – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u26bd 26-man squad revealed and Premier League finale news
\u26bd Premier League finale preview<\/a> | Mail John your thoughts<\/a>
Will Salah be in Liverpool\u2019s team<\/strong>; they really need a result against Brentford: \u201cI never say anything about team selection so it won\u2019t surprise you I\u2019m not going to do that now.\u201d
Samuel Dodson gets in touch:<\/strong> \u201cOn the surface, this squad looks like Tuchel has taken a lead out of the mad hatters book and demanded everyone change places as he tries to shake things up. It\u2019s true of course there have been questions hanging over certain England<\/a> mainstays like Maguire for some time; but one thing that hasn\u2019t seemed in doubt is that those players have formed a core bond of camaraderie which is seemingly the hardest thing to build in international football. If you look at some successful teams over the years, what stands out about the likes of, say, Germany was how consistent their squad selections were. Was it the case that Muller et al were always the most on form German players on the planet? Or was it that their managers recognised familiarity among the squad had greater benefits?
\u201cThe instinctive reaction is to feel that such a number of seemingly random call ups (is Spence really the best English player in that position even on form right now?); is to feel it will lead to broken, unbalanced football with players unfamiliar with one another. But then very few of us commentating are Champions League-winning elite-level managers, so I\u2019ve gotta trust Tuchel on this! Hats off to him and would we all like some tea?\u201d
More Slot on Salah:<\/strong> \u201cMo was really happy with the style we played last season when we won the league. We both want Liverpool to compete for trophies.\u201d
Ouch.
Slot on Salah and social media:<\/strong> \u201cI don\u2019t think it is that important what I feel about it.
\u201cWhat it is important is that we qualify for the Champions League on Sunday, and I prepare Mo and the rest of the team to be ready for the game in the best possible way. That is what matters.
\u201cI was very disappointed after our loss against Aston Villa, because a win would have given us qualification for the Champions League – which we didn\u2019t do. Now there is one game to go and it\u2019s a vital one for us as a club.\u201d
Arne Slot is doing his final Liverpool press conference<\/strong> \u2013 of the season, not forever, despite social media speculation \u2013 and congratulated the champions, Arsenal: \u201c\u201cLet me congratulate Arsenal on winning the league. Winning it here in England<\/a> is never easy and they have done a tremendous job. 40% of their goals have come from set-pieces. Football has changed and evolved.\u201d
Joshua Keeling gets in touch:<\/strong> \u201cThis squad is just bizarre. Spence, Toney, no Maguire, no Palmer, no Gibbs-White. I already thought we\u2019d struggle at this World Cup, but I\u2019m even more convinced now. Rubbish.\u201d
Krishna gets in touch:<\/strong> \u201cModern football is brutal. And to be the manager of English national team is akin to having a root canal without anesthesia. Every thing is measured by the results. No one would care for the process. Gareth Southgate endured it for so long and it is now Tuchel\u2019s turn. By July, Tuchel\u2019s stint with Chelsea will appear a rose-tinted garden in hindsight. Reach Semis or beyond , <whisper> win the damned thing and Tuchel is God. Anything less\u2026.. TG columnists will spearhead the inquisition (sorry for being blunt).\u201d
Remember him? If you follow the A-League, you still know all about him.<\/strong>
double quotation mark<\/title><\/path><\/svg>There is a time in your career where you start getting older and sometimes it takes more effort to get up in the morning, to go to training, and after last season in Sydney \u2013 I enjoyed very much the league, the lifestyle and everything but I didn\u2019t play so much \u2013 I was thinking what I wanted to do with my life. But Melbourne Victory appeared and again I fell in love with football.
Barney Ronay on social media makes a pertinent point:<\/strong> \u201cHarry Maguire: anatomy of how NOT to make a case for being the perfect 7-week back-up squad member. No need for Tuchel to explain now. We all save five mins.\u201d
The final man in the 26 is Djed Spence, the Tottenham full back. He can play on both flanks so offers versatility. There is no Trent Alexander-Arnold in the England<\/a> squad.
Ivan Toney\u2019s selection for England<\/strong>, should it come to pass, is the wild card. The sense is that, as a player in Saudi Arabia, he\u2019s used to great heat. Plus, he\u2019s a whizz at penalties.
Sholto Maud gets in touch to express<\/strong> what seems a popular sentiment: \u201cFlabbergasted is a word that comes to mind, John.\u201d
Another farewell: Andy Robertson and Liverpool<\/strong>, expected to arrive at Tottenham, relegation dependent.
double quotation mark<\/title><\/path><\/svg>\u201cWe were on the most amazing journey ever, all together,\u201d he reflects. \u201cWhen we started out Mo Salah didn\u2019t sign as the best player in the world or the best winger in the world. Virgil van Dijk had the potential to be but wasn\u2019t the best centre-back in the world. Alisson wasn\u2019t the best goalkeeper in the world. Trent [Alexander-Arnold] wasn\u2019t the best right-back in the world. Hendo [Jordan Henderson] was still trying to find his feet as captain. We were all just on this journey from the bottom to the very top together and climbing that mountain was the best feeling ever.\u201d
One last spin for 10 things to look out for:<\/strong>
double quotation mark<\/title><\/path><\/svg>Farewell Pep, thanks for coming. What a decade it has been at Manchester City<\/a>, where their head coach has changed the course of English football for ever. Kids are desperate to play out from the back and technique, for a long period, was favoured over physique. Like when J\u00fcrgen Klopp left Liverpool, it will be a sad day for the Premier League, not that opposition fans will admit it. Nor will they be too bothered that Bernardo Silva is on his merry way too, having distinguished himself as one of the smartest operators to have graced the league, while being incredibly consistent over nine years. The Portuguese bows out with John Stones, who at his best is one of the finest defenders in world football, but has been held back by injuries during his career. City fans will miss all three but it feels like everyone should take a moment to acknowledge their achievements. Will Unwin<\/strong>
David Hytner and Jacob Steinberg<\/strong> have done their analysis and made their predictions on the final 26.
Here\u2019s their probable squad:
double quotation mark<\/title><\/path><\/svg>Goalkeepers:<\/strong> Jordan Pickford Everton<\/em>, Dean Henderson Crystal Palace<\/em>, James Trafford <\/strong>Manchester City<\/em>
Defenders: <\/strong>Reece James Chelsea<\/em>, Tino Livramento Newcastle<\/em>, John Stones Manchester City<\/em>, Marc Gu\u00e9hi Manchester City<\/em>, Ezri Konsa Aston Villa<\/em>, Dan Burn Newcastle<\/em>, Jarell Quansah Bayer Leverkusen<\/em>, Nico O\u2019Reilly Manchester City, <\/em>Djed Spence, Tottenham<\/em>
Midfielders: <\/strong>Jordan Henderson Brentford, <\/em>Elliot Anderson Nottingham Forest<\/em>, Declan Rice Arsenal<\/em>, Kobbie Mainoo Manchester United<\/em>, James Garner <\/s>Everton<\/s>,<\/em> Jude Bellingham Real Madrid<\/em>, Morgan Rogers Aston Villa<\/em>
Forwards: <\/strong>Bukayo Saka Arsenal<\/em>, Noni Madueke Arsenal<\/em>, Eberechi Eze Arsenal<\/em>, Marcus Rashford Barcelona<\/em>, Anthony Gordon Newcastle<\/em>, Harry Kane Bayern Munich<\/em>, Ollie Watkins Aston Villa<\/em>, Ivan Toney Al-Ahli<\/em>
The latest England<\/a> squad news<\/strong>, via David Ornstein and a number of other reporters, is that Trent Alexander-Arnold has been omitted, and Djed Spence is in; Spence is also reported to have broken his jaw after a collision with Liam Delap of Chelsea on Tuesday.
Here\u2019s what we know so far on Thomas Tuchel\u2019s England<\/a> squad:<\/strong>
double quotation mark<\/title><\/path><\/svg>Maguire was the first to go public about being left out, with the defender taking to social media to express disappointment over failing to make the cut, but the most eye-\u200acatching omissions came in the attacking areas. Foden and Palmer have had underwhelming seasons for Manchester City and Chelsea respectively and their struggles meant they fell behind the other No 10s at Tuchel\u2019s disposal. Morgan Gibbs-White, who has enjoyed a strong end to the season with Nottingham Forest, is also likely to miss out.
Tuchel has been bold with his selections and nothing is more striking than his decision to turn to Toney for the first time in 12 months. The former Brentford striker, who now plays for Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia, was part of England\u2019s squad at Euro 2024 but has not made an international appearance since coming on as a substitute in the friendly defeat by Senegal<\/a> last June.
It had been unclear whether Tuchel would decide to pick a conventional striker to provide cover for Harry Kane. In the event he is expected to have three strikers on the plane when England<\/a> head to Florida for their pre-tournament training game on Monday week, with Aston Villa\u2019s Ollie Watkins expected to compete with Toney for minutes behind Kane. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Dominic Solanke and Danny Welbeck have not done enough.
Good morning, football. World Cup fever is here, and it\u2019s been a feverish night of news on who *isn\u2019t* in the England<\/a> squad. And further news has been broken overnight, of which more later. The big announcement comes at 9.45am UK time.
Not only that, there\u2019s a the Premier League\u2019s final day, and the Championship playoff final \u2013 Hull v Middlesbrough, to confirm \u2013 is on Saturday, too. <\/p>\n

A huge day of news. Join me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u26bd 26-man squad revealed and Premier League finale news \u26bd Premier League finale preview | Mail John your thoughtsWill Salah be in Liverpool\u2019s team; they really need a result against Brentford: \u201cI never say anything about team selection so it won\u2019t surprise you I\u2019m not going to do that now.\u201dSamuel Dodson gets in touch: \u201cOn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}