Thomas Tuchel explains his England squad picks as Henderson and Rashford make Three Lions returns

On Mar 14, 2025

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England head coach Thomas Tuchel faced the media after announcing his first squad, and explained his selections including the returns of Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson, plus much more…

On Henderson: "It’s a pretty easy one. He’s a serial winner, he’s captain of Ajax at the moment and he’s played a lot of matches.

"What he brings to every team is leadership, character, personality, energy. He makes sure that everyone lives by the standards.

"We’re trying to build a team for our fans are proud of… Jordan embodies everything we want from this team."

On Rashford: "It’s a familiar face back in the team. I felt Marcus had a huge impact at Aston Villa.

"The physical impact was impressive and most importantly, the impact against the ball – his work rate, his defensive impact, his hard work in counter-pressing, his tracking back in his position.

"I had the strong feeling that we should bring him in to push him to stay on that level and not fall back in old routines."

On Myles Lewis-Skelly: "With injuries lately, we ran out of left-footers who can play left-back.

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"We were always impressed with Myles… Mikel Arteta picks him regularly and this is very impressive from the start.

England squad in full
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton), James Trafford (Burnley).

Defenders: Dan Burn (Newcastle United), Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), Tino Livramento (Newcastle United), Jarell Quansah (Liverpool), Kyle Walker (AC Milan, loan from Manchester City).

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), Jordan Henderson (Ajax), Curtis Jones (Liverpool), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa).

Forwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa, loan from Manchester United), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham Hotspur).

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