{"id":596591,"date":"2026-05-21T18:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/596591\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:16:10","slug":"phil-foden-cole-palmer-and-harry-maguire-left-out-of-england-world-cup-squad-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/596591\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Foden, Cole Palmer and Harry Maguire left out of England World Cup squad | England"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Tuchel has made ruthless calls with his World Cup selection, finding no space for Phil Foden and Cole Palmer in England\u2019s 26-man squad and leaving a \u201cshocked and gutted\u201d Harry Maguire<\/a> on the outside.<\/p>\n

Foden and Palmer have had underwhelming seasons for Manchester City and Chelsea respectively and will not be included in the 26-man party for the tournament this summer, which Tuchel will name at Wembley on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Kobbie Mainoo will be included but there is no place for the Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton. Tuchel may spring a surprise by taking three strikers, with Ivan Toney in his thoughts for a recall and Ollie Watkins poised to be picked as back-up to Harry Kane.<\/p>\n

Maguire has excelled for United since Michael Carrick took over as the head coach in mid-January and was called up by Tuchel for the March international programme. The 33-year-old started against Uruguay and came on as a late substitute against Japan, when he brought a threat on set pieces.<\/p>\n

But Tuchel has decided to prioritise other players in the position. He is expected to select Ezri Konsa, Marc Gu\u00e9hi and John Stones, despite Stones\u2019s lack of football for City; he has made only four appearances since 2 December. Also in the frame are Trevoh Chalobah, Jarell Quansah and Dan Burn. Levi Colwill, the Chelsea centre-back, has missed out after being absent for most of the season with a knee injury. The Milan defender Fikayo Tomori has also not been selected.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was confident I could have played a major part this summer for my country after the season I\u2019ve had,\u201d Maguire posted on social media. \u201cI\u2019ve been left shocked and gutted by the decision. I\u2019ve loved nothing more than putting that shirt on and representing my country over the years. I wish the players all the best this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tuchel\u2019s comments about Maguire<\/a> after the Uruguay game bear a reprint. \u201cI got exactly what I thought: solid central defender play,\u201d Tuchel said. \u201cVery good on the ball, very calm, strong in the air and [as a] weapon for set pieces. I haven\u2019t changed my mind but I see other players I like to start for us, I see other players ahead with a different profile. I see Ezri Konsa ahead, I see Marc Gu\u00e9hi ahead. It\u2019s no secret. I see Trevoh Chalobah on the level of mobility slightly ahead of him. Also John Stones, but he had injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maguire\u2019s club colleague Luke Shaw, who last played for England<\/a> in 2024 but has had an impressive, injury-free season, is also expected to miss out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Tuchel has made ruthless calls with his World Cup selection, finding no space for Phil Foden and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-596591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}