England announces 26-man squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup; James Maddison earns call, Sancho, Tomori, and Tammy Abraham dropped

England announces 26-man squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup; James Maddison earns call, Sancho, Tomori, and Tammy Abraham dropped

Raheem Sterling)left), Harry Kane(middle), Jude Bellingham(right)

England national football team has finally revealed their 26-member squad that will take the flight to Qatar for the FIFA World Cup and the fans have already started questioning the decisions and the selections made by manager Gareth Southgate. Twitter is already buzzing with negative comments and the fans are not at all pleased with the rejection of several important players.

Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham have been absolutely killing it in the Italija League and it is still unclear why the manager decided to not give them the ticket to Qatar. The number of goal contributions Tammy has since the last year is more than any of the English players but Southgate decided to go with Newcastle’s Callum Wilson as his backup striker.

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With Manchester City’s duo Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips recovering just in time from injury for the big stage, Southgate will have a lot of depth in those positions and it will be interesting to see who starts in that right-back position. Connor Gallagher and James Maddison have been favored for the big stage and they will look to perform whenever the manager looks to them.

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How the final squad looks:

Jack Grealish(left), Declan Rice(middle), Bukayo Saka(right)

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Newcastle United), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Conor Coady (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Ben White (Arsenal)

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City), Declan Rice (West Ham United)

Forwards: Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), James Maddison (Leicester City), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), Callum Wilson (Newcastle United)

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