- Updates and reaction as 26-man squad is revealed
- Lingard, Ward-Prowse and Greenwood out of running
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The Champions League winner, Premier League winner and Ballon D’Or nominee will included in Southgate’s 26-man squad, according to Sky Sports News. There are four right-backs in the provisional squad – does this mean all four will be picked or will one of Kyle Walker, Reece James and Kieran Trippier miss out? One suspects Trippier might be the most vulnerable if one of them is for the chop. All will be revealed at 5pm, unless all is leaked to the media in the next 54 minutes.
Breaking the bad news: Different managers have different methods of telling players they’re being left out of the England squad ahead of major tournaments and not all of them go for the soft-soap approach.
On TalkSport’s Breakfast Show this morning, Darren Bent revealed that Sven Goran Eriksson told him he wouldn’t be part of England’s squad for the 2006 World Cup squad in a curt phone call that lasted about 14 seconds. To add insult to injury, Bent later learned that the uncapped Theo Walcott had been picked ahead of him.
