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The England manager has opted to stick with the same England squad that triumphed against Andorra and produced a stellar performance in Belgrade during the previous international break, leaving no room for Jude Bellingham and the Manchester City attacker in his group for the upcoming exhibition match against Wales and the qualifying match in Latvia.

Although Foden pushing for a recall after rediscovering his form at his club, and Bellingham having returned for Real Madrid following shoulder surgery, the head coach has decided against selecting two of the nation's most prominent attacking talents. Bellingham has started only once for his team since his return.

The England boss has found space for the Arsenal winger, who is back to fitness and has been restored in place of his injured Arsenal teammate Noni Madueke. Jack Grealish has not been handed a return to the squad.

Full England Team Announcement

Goalkeepers

• Dean Henderson (his club)
• Jordan Pickford (Everton)
• Manchester City's goalkeeper (Manchester City)

Backline

• Newcastle's defender (the Magpies)
• Crystal Palace's centre-back (the Eagles)
• Reece James (the Blues)
• Aston Villa's defender (Aston Villa)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal)
• Jarell Quansah (the German club)
• Tottenham's defender (Tottenham Hotspur)
• John Stones (the Sky Blues)

Midfielders

• Elliot Anderson (Forest)
• Nottingham Forest's playmaker (the Reds)
• Jordan Henderson (the Bees)
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Milan)
• Declan Rice (Arsenal)
• Aston Villa's talent (Aston Villa)

Attackers

• Jarrod Bowen (the Hammers)
• Eberechi Eze (Arsenal)
• Anthony Gordon (the Geordies)
• Bayern Munich's striker (Bayern Munich)
• Marcus Rashford (the Catalan club, loan from Manchester United)
• Arsenal's star (Arsenal)
• Aston Villa's forward (Villa)

The national team coach expressed his admiration for the vibrancy in the previous selection and appears determined to maintaining the vibe. The Newcastle defender, who featured at the defensive flank in the convincing victory in Serbia, has been ruled out due to a knock. Tuchel has opted against selecting a like-for-like substitute for the Newcastle player but has included John Stones, who had to pull out previously. Tuchel has spoken about the Manchester City defender's significance for England and has suggested using him in midfield.

There is no place for the midfielder, who was called up last month but withdrew due to injury and was replaced by the Milan player.

Tuchel said: “It was only three weeks since the previous gathering and the most recent victory, the last performance, so the question was why not select the same group in because they set the standard. Now it is about building routines out of it. We have unfortunately a couple of fitness issues at the moment with Tino and Noni and we bring of course Bukayo Saka in to take the place of Noni. Jarell Quansah was a late call-up previously; he will stay in camp.”