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Thomas Tuchel has opted to stick with the same Three Lions selection that secured victory against their previous opponents and delivered an impressive performance in Belgrade last month, finding no place for Jude Bellingham and the Manchester City attacker in his selection for the upcoming exhibition match against Wales and the qualifying match in the Baltic nation.

Despite Foden pushing for a return to the squad after rediscovering his form at Manchester City, and Jude Bellingham having made a comeback for his Spanish club following shoulder surgery, the head coach has opted not to selecting two of the nation's biggest offensive stars. Bellingham has been in the starting lineup only once for his club since his return.

Tuchel has made room for Bukayo Saka, who is fully recovered and has been reinstated in place of his unavailable club colleague Noni Madueke. Jack Grealish has not received a return to the squad.

Full Three Lions Team List

Goalkeepers

• Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace)
• Jordan Pickford (Everton)
• James Trafford (the Citizens)

Backline

• Dan Burn (the Magpies)
• Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace)
• Chelsea's full-back (Chelsea)
• Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa)
• Arsenal's young talent (the Gunners)
• Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Tottenham's defender (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Manchester City's star (Manchester City)

Engine room

• Nottingham Forest's midfielder (Nottingham Forest)
• Morgan Gibbs-White (the Reds)
• Jordan Henderson (the Bees)
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek (the Italian side)
• Arsenal's anchor (Arsenal)
• Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa)

Forwards

• Jarrod Bowen (the Hammers)
• Arsenal's attacker (the Emirates side)
• Newcastle's winger (the Geordies)
• Bayern Munich's striker (the German giants)
• Barcelona's loanee (the Catalan club, on loan from United)
• Bukayo Saka (the Gunners)
• Aston Villa's forward (Villa)

Tuchel highlighted the energy in the previous selection and appears determined to keeping the same atmosphere. Tino Livramento, who featured at left-back in the convincing victory in Serbia, has dropped out due to a knee injury. The manager has not called up a direct replacement for the Magpies star but has included John Stones, who had to pull out previously. He has spoken about the centre-back's significance for the national team and has suggested deploying him in the middle of the park.

No spot has been found for Adam Wharton, who was called up in the previous squad but withdrew due to injury and was replaced by the Milan player.

Tuchel said: “A mere three weeks after the previous gathering and the most recent victory, the last performance, so the consideration was why not select 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 welcome of course the Arsenal forward in to take the place of Madueke. Jarell Quansah was a late call-up previously; he will stay in camp.”