Thomas Tuchel mentioned Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson are contenders for England’s 2026 World Cup squad after incomes remembers in his first squad on Friday. Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly and Newcastle defender Dan Burn had been handed their maiden call-ups for Tuchel’s first matches in cost in World Cup qualifiers towards Albania and Latvia. England have turned to the previous Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain coach in a bid to win a primary main event since 1966 after shedding the final two European Championship finals underneath Gareth Southgate. Rashford final performed for the Three Lions a 12 months in the past, however has been revitalised since a January mortgage transfer to Aston Villa from Manchester United.
Henderson, 34, made the final of his 81 appearances for England again in November 2023 as strikes to Saudi Arabia after which Ajax noticed the previous Liverpool captain fall down the pecking order for Southgate and interim boss Lee Carsley.
“Everyone who’s with us on this journey in the first camp is a contender for the World Cup,” Tuchel mentioned at a press convention at Wembley.
“Jordan, I think this is a pretty easy one,” he added. “What he brings to every team is his leadership, his character, personality, energy.
“He makes positive that everybody lives by the requirements and with this attribute he embodies all the things we attempt to construct as a crew.”
Rashford had been an outcast at United under Ruben Amorim, but has looked more like his old self in helping Villa to reach the quarter-finals of both the Champions League and FA Cup with four assists in nine appearances.
Tuchel said he wanted to “bond” with the 27-year-old and encourage Rashford not to fall back into bad habits with his work rate.
“I felt that Marcus had a big impact in Aston Villa since he modified,” said Tuchel, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021.
“His arduous work in counter urgent, his monitoring again on his place was spectacular and I had the sturdy feeling that we should always nominate him, we should always convey him in, to push him to remain on that stage. To not fall again in previous routines.”
Lewis-Skelly was expected to be included after excelling in his breakout season for the Gunners at 18.
Burn is at the other end of his career, but is rewarded for his consistency with a first call up at 32.
Tuchel is the third non-British coach of England after Fabio Capello and Sven-Goran Eriksson.
The German’s appointment stirred controversy among some England fans given their long-standing rivalry with Tuchel’s homeland.
But Prince William, now an English Football Association patron after 18 years as the organisation’s president, believes Tuchel’s pedigree makes him well suited for the job.
“Without doubt he is among the high 5 managers on this planet. It could be wonderful if he may win the World Cup subsequent 12 months. It’s gearing as much as that and it is undoubtedly attainable,” William told The Sun on Friday.
Tuchel said it was an “honour” to have met William during his first few months in charge and is keen to prove the decision to appoint him was the correct one by the Football Association.
“Exciting and a bit surreal,” he said of becoming the first German to lead England. “It’s an enormous honour and I’m very happy with it. I’m very properly conscious of it, I’ll be sure that I earn my rights to be on this place.”
Squad
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton), James Trafford (Burnley)
Defenders: Dan Burn, Tino Livramento (both Newcastle), Levi Colwill, Reece James (both Chelsea), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), Jarell Quansah (Liverpool), Kyle Walker (AC Milan/ITA)
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid/ESP), Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), Jordan Henderson (Ajax/NED), Curtis Jones (Liverpool), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa)
Forwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), Phil Foden (Man City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich/GER), Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham)
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