Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke have all been called up by England for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The quartet of stars have been selected in Thomas Tuchel’s 26-man squad for this summer’s tournament, taking place in Canada, Mexico and the USA, where England will take on Ghana, Croatia and Panama in their group, with matches taking place in Texas, Boston and New Jersey.
Midfielder Rice was a key cog in the qualifying campaign, starting seven of the eight matches. Our number 41 also found the net in our 2-0 victory over Andorra at Villa Park.
There were plenty of Gunners in the goals during the qualifiers. Only Harry Kane scored more times than Eberechi Eze for the Three Lions, who found the net in 3-0 and 5-0 wins over Latvia, as well as the 2-0 victory over Serbia at Wembley Stadium.
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It was a memorable campaign for Noni Madueke, who netted his first England goal just two months after joining us from Chelsea in 2025. It will be Noni’s first major tournament with England.
Lastly, Bukayo Saka will be heading to his fourth major tournament with the Three Lions. Our Hale End graduate netted a fine strike in the victory over Serbia, taking his overall tally for England to 14 ahead of the finals.
England will take on New Zealand and Costa Rica in two warm-up fixtures before facing Croatia on June 17 in their World Cup opener!
ENGLAND SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), James Trafford (Manchester City).
Defenders: Dan Burn (Newcastle United), Marc Guehi (Manchester City), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Tino Livramento (Newcastle United), Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham), John Stones (Manchester City).
Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa).
Attackers: Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Arsenal), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
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