Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThomas Tuchel has confirmed his 26-man England squad for the World Cup, with some players facing delayed arrivals due to their involvement in European club finals. Four young players – Alex Scott, Josh King, Rio Ngumoha, and Ethan Nwaneri – have been called up to join the squad for warm-up friendlies, while Brighton’s Jason Steele will be with the squad as a training goalkeeper.These additions are intended to ensure a full squad for training and matches, allowing for careful management of key players' minutes ahead of the tournament. England will travel to Florida for two warm-up friendlies against New Zealand on 6 June and Costa Rica on 10 June. The squad will then move to their tournament base in Kansas City on 13 June, with their World Cup campaign commencing on 17 June against Croatia. In fullThe five extra England players called up by Thomas Tuchel to help prepare for World Cup friendliesThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Arsenal and Liverpool stars to join Thomas Tuchel’s World Cup squad
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThomas Tuchel has confirmed his 26-man England squad for the World Cup, with some players facing delayed arrivals due to their involvement in European club finals. Four young players – Alex Scott, Josh King, Rio Ngumoha, and Ethan Nwaneri – have been called up to join the squad for warm-up friendlies, while Brighton’s Jason Steele will be with the squad as a training goalkeeper.These additions are intended to ensure a full squad for training and matches, allowing for careful management of key players' minutes ahead of the tournament. England will travel to Florida for two warm-up friendlies against New Zealand on 6 June and Costa Rica on 10 June. The squad will then move to their tournament base in Kansas City on 13 June, with their World Cup campaign commencing on 17 June against Croatia. In fullThe five extra England players called up by Thomas Tuchel to help prepare for World Cup friendliesThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Thomas Tuchel named England's 26-man World Cup squad, with some players arriving late due to European club finals; four additional young players called up for warm-up friendlies against New Zealand (June 6) and Costa Rica (June 10). The tournament opener against Croatia on June 17 marks England's first World Cup campaign under Tuchel, whose squad management approach signals a deliberate rotation strategy to protect key players' fitness ahead of the group stage.
