The SKY Sports football writers team analyzes the most important points after Thomas Tuchel called his first team as manager of England.
Tuchel puts confidence in new life blown Rashford
From the grace at Manchester United without a clear route from the club, Marcus Rashford appeared in the dark just a few weeks ago. His return to the England fold, after a productive start on loan in Aston Villa, completes a rapid change of fortunes for the 27-year-old.
He gradually came into action by Unai Emery in Villa and started only four games of a possible nine, but his assist against Clubbrugge in midweek was his fourth in just 461 minutes on the field. Thomas Tuchel has apparently seen enough to believe that he can return to his best. His call-up ends for a year in International Exile.
The planning of the English manager is of course aimed at the World Cup 2026 and Rashford certainly has a tournament tree tree that can be seen on the two previous editions. In Qatar he became underhanded and scored three goals in just 137 minutes. He is a game-changing option. Now he has another chance to show it on the international stage. Nick Wright
The prospects of Grealish
While Rashford is celebrating a return to the team, Jack Grealisk continues to look from the outside. The wing player was a striking performer in the September and Oktoberk camps under Lee Carsley, impressive in the no. 10 -role in matches against Republic of Ireland and Finland, but injury forced him out of the team in November and his minutes subsequently dried up in Manchester City.
Grealisk did not start a Premier League match since a 2-1 loss for his former club Aston Villa on December 21. A player who has been left hard from Gareth Southgate's team for Euro 2024 now has a fight to come back in the fight for the next big tournament. At the moment his prospects don't look good. Nick Wright
Tuchel tends to experience
Tuchel has hit a good balance between offering young and promising talents such as Myles Lewis-Skelly and Tino Livramento a chance in the senior team and tend to experience.
Jordan Henderson returns to the three Lions team, slightly less than a year since he was last involved in the national team.
Kyle Walker also retains his place after having made an impression since he said goodbye to Man City for AC Milan in January.
Tuchel's plans seem clear. He only signed a short -term agreement with England and winning the World Cup in 2026 is the goal. To do that, he needs a combination of experience on the international stage and the exciting talents to see them across the line.
Henderson does not often take the headlines with his playing style, but his return is a huge call from Tuchel, which was clearly impressed when he traveled to the Netherlands to see him in action for Ajax.Patrick Rowe
Injured young people miss the opportunity to impress
Tuchel will view a large part of the English crop during this international window, but not all. Perhaps missing Bukayo Saka is disputed, his obvious selection is for every major tournament, but among the injured people are also promising youngsters Kobbie Mainoo, Lewis Hall and Noni Madueke. All are with a scream when they continue to perform between now and next summer for their clubs.
Trent Alexander-Arnold is certainly also a shoo-in, just like John Stones, but neither is available for Tuchel on this occasion. The injury record of Stones is a concern -he has missed many more matches than he played this season and played a total of 545 minutes in the competition in total six Premier League Start. The injuries of Luke Shaw are equally well documented.
There is enough time for people with fitness problems to play their way back, although Tuchel must immediately hit the ground and form an alliance with the players he feels he can trust. The German has only six windows before the start of the World Cup to inform his final selection. Laura Hunter
Watkins has added to the Letelslijst?
Aston Villa Vooruit and England's Euro 2024 hero Ollie Watkins is a striking omission of the team – but his last outing for Villa was able to explain why.
Emery revealed after the 3-0 win against Club Brugge that Watkins had asked to be replaced during the break because he “did not feel good” after picking up a small injury.
The seriousness of the setback still has to be determined, but, at the expense of Watkins, Tottenham's Dominic Solanke gets the kink from Tuchel to work as Kane's Understudy in the team after just returning a knee injury last weekend.
Jarrod Bowen and Rashford can both play through the middle, but their strengths are wide, so England only two recognized strikers in Tuchel's first team. Patrick Rowe leaves behind
Rogers rewarded for consistency
Morgan Rogers earns his first outright call-up and it is well deserved. The midfielder of Aston Villa benefited from various recordings of injuries in the November camp and was set up as a backup, with both games against Greece and Ireland.
But a continuation of its excellent form for Villa means that this time he is from the start. Twelve goals and seven assists – including 11 goal contributions in the Premier League – means that he is one of the most in -form -Middenveld options in England.
His combination game is also excellent and he is often involved in the construction phase for Villa goals, if not directly involved in the score. Harry Kane should serve his creativity well. Laura Hunter
Lewis-Skelly The answer to England's problems at Left-Back?
A first call-up for Arsenal defender Myles Lewis-Skelly-Zou can he be the answer in the left for the near future?
England has been screaming for some time to fill the void in the role and with Shaw to return from an injury, Ben Chillwell new life in his career in Crystal Palace and Lewis Hall has been excluded by injury, Lewis-Skelly has the perfect opportunity to strengthen his role in the team.
Even without injuries you could claim that he is the obvious choice. The 18-year-old has been a revelation for Arsenal in his breakthrough campaign and regularly shows talent in concentration and discipline after his years.
This season he made 25 performances for the Gunners, who have included six trips in the Champions League. Now it's time for the international stage. Patrick Rowe
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