Thomas Tuchel has placed great faith in John Stones and Djed Spence while ignoring several star names in attack

As Thomas Tuchel prepares to name his World Cup squad, we asked our writers to work out who they would take if they were England manager

Here we are then, at the gates of North America, 26 Englishmen tasked with winning a football tournament on 19 July. Cue two months of febrile debate, anxiety and at the end of it…