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Full 35-man squad revealed
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The latest England squad for the international friendlies against Uruguay and Japan this March will be announced by manager Thomas Tuchel this morning, with some inclusions already revealed. It will be the last international break of the 2025/26 season before this summer's World Cup in North America, and one of the last opportunities for the German to assess his options.
It is understood that there will be recalls for the Manchester United duo of Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire; both of which haven't featured at all since Tuchel took the Three Lions job. Following the departure of Ruben Amorim, Mainoo has been reinstated to the Man United midfield and looked somewhat back to his best under Michael Carrick. He has 10 international caps to date after breaking through as a teenager.
Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton is also set to be included, as is 21-year-old Newcastle left-back Lewis Hall. Leeds striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin is also set to make the cut, whilst it is understood there will also be a first call up for Everton's James Garner. Brighton & Hove Albion goalkeeper Jason Steele is a surprise inclusion in today's England squad. The 35-year-old has never played senior football for his country but did represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Steele has not featured for Brighton in the Premier League this season, after featuring twice in 2024/25.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has been left out. England have opted to name an exremely large 35-man squad. Speaking about this decision, Tuchel said: “We decided to divide it into basically two camps almost, so we bring players in that we haven’t seen who haven’t played so much to open up the picture, and the competition for plane tickets to the US. Then from Friday and Saturday, a group of players will come into camp – ten or eleven players who get a rest before and we will then go with a new group and mix of players into the match against Japan.”
England face Uruguay on March 27 before taking on Japan on March 31, with both matches being played at Wembley. Tuchel’s side have been drawn against Croatia, Ghana and Panama in Group L of this summer’s tournament, and will tune up for those games with two further friendlies against New Zealand and Costa Rica in Florida in June.
Full squad
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), James Trafford (Manchester City), Aaron Ramsdale (Newcastle United), Jason Steele (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Defenders: Dan Burn (Newcastle United), Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace), Lewis Hall (Newcastle United), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Tino Livramento (Newcastle United), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur), John Stones (Manchester City), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan)
Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), James Garner (Everton), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)
Attackers: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Arsenal), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona, loan from Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham Hotspur)
