Two uncapped players in contention be named in Thomas Tuchel’s first ever England squad
Myles Lewis-Skelly and Dan Burn are in contention to be named in Thomas Tuchel’s first ever England squad, talkSPORT understands. The Arsenal youngster has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 level, while Newcastle defender Burn never received a call-up for any England youth squads previously. Lewis-Skelly could make his England debut this monthGetty As could Newcastle star BurnAFP talkSPORT also understands that Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers will be included as well as Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton. Lewis-Skelly is braced for the call-up having enjoyed a strong first season in the Gunners first-team, making 25 appearances and scoring one goal, that being scored against Manchester City. His efforts are set to be rewarded at international level as the 18-year-old will be in contention to play for his country. While Lewis-Skelly is still in the infancy of his career, 32-year-old Burn’s career has got better as he’s got older. He started his career at Darlington before getting a move to Fulham, a club he was at for five years. Burn then joined boyhood club Newcastle in 2022 after four years at Brighton with the centre-back, who can play as a left-back, set to line-up for the Magpies in their Carabao Cup final date with Liverpool. Tuchel selects his first England squad since officially taking up the head coach role in January and it will be announced on Friday. The German will take charge for the first time later this month when the Three Lions play Albania and Latvia in World Cup qualifiers. He is tasked with guiding England to next summer’s tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Joining Lewis-Skelly and Burn could be Arsenal starlet Ethan Nwaneri, who has scored eight goals this season. Tuchel will make his touchline debut for England this monthGetty He has also featured for England at youth level, most recently for the U19s with six goals in nine appearances. Declan Rice looks set to be another Arsenal call-up, whilst Bukayo Saka remains unlikely whilst he recovers from his hamstring injury. Tuchel has faced numerous injury issues with his new team both in defence and attack. Lewis Hall has been ruled out for the rest of the season with injury whilst Trent Alexander-Arnold hobbled off for Liverpool midweek. Dominic Solanke has made his return from injury but he could be omitted from the squad having recently been sidelined. Rogers, who received his first England call-up during the November international break, is in contention to be picked again. Rogers has shone this season, scoring 12 goals, three of them in the Champions LeagueGetty It’s been a tough season for Wharton but he’s set to get the nod from TuchelGetty Fans have already been given an idea of how Tuchel’s full squad could look thanks to a 23-man selection by AI. PLAIER uses a database of over 300,000 players across more than 200 countries to correlate billions of data points and provide precise analysis, statistics and insights across clubs and players. Lewis-Skelly makes an appearance in the team, although Nwaneri misses out according to the data.
Myles Lewis-Skelly and Dan Burn are in contention to be named in Thomas Tuchel’s first ever England squad, talkSPORT understands.
The Arsenal youngster has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 level, while Newcastle defender Burn never received a call-up for any England youth squads previously.
talkSPORT also understands that Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers will be included as well as Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton.
Lewis-Skelly is braced for the call-up having enjoyed a strong first season in the Gunners first-team, making 25 appearances and scoring one goal, that being scored against Manchester City.
His efforts are set to be rewarded at international level as the 18-year-old will be in contention to play for his country.
While Lewis-Skelly is still in the infancy of his career, 32-year-old Burn’s career has got better as he’s got older.
He started his career at Darlington before getting a move to Fulham, a club he was at for five years.
Burn then joined boyhood club Newcastle in 2022 after four years at Brighton with the centre-back, who can play as a left-back, set to line-up for the Magpies in their Carabao Cup final date with Liverpool.
Tuchel selects his first England squad since officially taking up the head coach role in January and it will be announced on Friday.
The German will take charge for the first time later this month when the Three Lions play Albania and Latvia in World Cup qualifiers.
He is tasked with guiding England to next summer’s tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Joining Lewis-Skelly and Burn could be Arsenal starlet Ethan Nwaneri, who has scored eight goals this season.
He has also featured for England at youth level, most recently for the U19s with six goals in nine appearances.
Declan Rice looks set to be another Arsenal call-up, whilst Bukayo Saka remains unlikely whilst he recovers from his hamstring injury.
Tuchel has faced numerous injury issues with his new team both in defence and attack.
Lewis Hall has been ruled out for the rest of the season with injury whilst Trent Alexander-Arnold hobbled off for Liverpool midweek.
Dominic Solanke has made his return from injury but he could be omitted from the squad having recently been sidelined.
Rogers, who received his first England call-up during the November international break, is in contention to be picked again.
Fans have already been given an idea of how Tuchel’s full squad could look thanks to a 23-man selection by AI.
PLAIER uses a database of over 300,000 players across more than 200 countries to correlate billions of data points and provide precise analysis, statistics and insights across clubs and players.
Lewis-Skelly makes an appearance in the team, although Nwaneri misses out according to the data.
