Chloe Kelly has been omitted from the Sarina Wiegman team for the upcoming Nations League matches of the Lionesses against Portugal and Spain, where the boss of England says that the winger has 'not played enough' to justify her inclusion.
Kelly-Die this season only started once in the top of the top, Manchester City at the end of last month, and accused the club to try to 'kill my character' and spreading 'false accusations' after their Relationship had deteriorated.
She joined Arsenal on loan.
As part of her report of City, Kelly said she focuses on arriving Wiegman's Lionesses team prior to the coming European championships this summer, in which the boss of England previously admitted that Kelly's lack of minutes this season was a 'care' .
Kelly, who scored the match -winning goal against Germany in the 2022 final, said: 'With the euros quickly approaching, is a huge and I want to give it my best chance to represent my country.
“Something that has always filled me with so much pride and it is a true honor to do this.”
And Wiegman said on Tuesday that Kelly is 'not' of making the euro team, but that she should see more of her if she wants to fight her back to the team.
“In my opinion she didn't play enough,” said Wiegman. “Start playing and show what you are about, and then we have that conversation again.”
She added: “We had a good conversation yesterday and she is not out for the euros … we will visit it again.”
Elsewhere, Chelsea duo Lauren James and Niamh Charles returned to the team, while Nikita Parris from Brighton has also received a first call-up since November 2022.
The most important players Georgia Stanway, Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp continue to miss because of their respective injuries, but there is a silver lining with the return of Ella Toone, who missed the last camp because of a calf injury.
The Lionesses will travel to the Algarve travels to Portugal on Friday 21 February for the European champions Spain on Wembley on Wednesday 26 February, in what is invoiced as an exciting repetition of the World Cup Final of 2023, which eventually England 1- 0.
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