statement<\/a>. Both players were part of the group that joined the camp on Friday and did not feature in the 1-1 draw with Uruguay on the same day.<\/p>\nArsenal winger Noni Madueke and Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton will also return to their clubs after sustaining knocks against Uruguay. Madueke started the match and was replaced by Jarrod Bowen in the 38th minute, while Wharton came on as a half-time substitute.<\/p>\n
The squad update also confirmed that Manchester City centre-back John Stones, who was an unused substitute against Uruguay, had left the camp after sustaining an issue in training before the game.<\/p>\n
Leeds United striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who made his first England appearance in nearly five years on Friday, AC Milan\u2019s Fikayo Tomori and Newcastle United goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale are the other three players that will return to their teams.<\/p>\n
27 players remain with the team after head coach Thomas Tuchel announced a 35-man squad on March 20, explaining that it was an opportunity to assess a wider pool of players ahead of this summer\u2019s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe decided to divide it into basically two camps almost, so we bring players in that we haven\u2019t seen who haven\u2019t played so much to open up the picture, and the competition for plane tickets to the U.S.,\u201d Tuchel said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen from Friday and Saturday, a group of players will come into camp \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThis is our last camp (before the World Cup). The last opportunity to impress and the last opportunity for players to compete for their ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tuchel handed opportunities to players that have been on the fringes of the squad, including giving Everton\u2019s James Garner his debut and Arsenal\u2019s Ben White his first cap in four years.<\/p>\n
After taking on Japan on Tuesday, England are scheduled to play two more friendlies in June, against New Zealand and Costa Rica, while at a preparation camp in south Florida before the World Cup gets underway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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