England squad named for Uruguay and Japan

Thomas Tuchel has named a 35-man squad for England’s two international games with Uruguay and Japan at Wembley Stadium connected by EE.

The Three Lions will continue their preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the first men’s international window of the year, with matches against two other nations who will be heading to North America for the competition this summer.

And the head coach has selected a bigger squad than usual, with players reporting to camp in two stages across the window.

Among the squad, there’s a first senior call-up for Everton midfielder James Garner, while Brighton & Hove Albion goalkeeper Jason Steele is named with the prospect of him joining the World Cup squad as a training goalkeeper during the summer.

There are also recalls to the Three Lions squad for Manchester United pair Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire. Newcastle United’s Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento are back after missing the autumn internationals through injury, while AC Milan’s Fikayo Tomori returns to bolster the defensive unit.

Leeds United striker Dominic Calvert-Lewis receives his first call-up in five years and there’s also a place in the group for Tottenham Hotspur’s Dominic Solanke.

Speaking about his decision to pick a 35-man squad for this camp, Tuchel said: “We decided to divide it into basically two camps almost, so we bring players in that we haven’t seen who haven’t played so much to open up the picture, and the competition for plane tickets to the US.

“Then from Friday and Saturday, a group of players will come into camp – ten or eleven players who get a rest before and we will then go with a new group and mix of players into the match against Japan.”

Tickets for both the game against Uruguay on Friday 27 March (7.45pm GMT) and the match with Japan on Tuesday 31 March (7.45pm BST) are still on sale.

The Squad

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), James Trafford (Manchester City), Aaron Ramsdale (Newcastle United), Jason Steele (Brighton & Hove Albion)

Defenders: Dan Burn (Newcastle United), Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace), Lewis Hall (Newcastle United), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Tino Livramento (Newcastle United), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur), John Stones (Manchester City), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan)

Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), James Garner (Everton), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)

Forwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Arsenal), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona, loan from Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham Hotspur)