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Mark Jones

Gareth Southgate names England squad for World Cup qualifiers as Jadon Sancho dropped

England boss Gareth Southgate has named his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and San Marino, but there is no place for Manchester United's Jadon Sancho.

The wide man's form for United has been poor since he joined from Borussia Dortmund in the summer, and he has often struggled to hold down a spot in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's plans.

Sancho's Manchester United teammate Jesse Lingard has also missed out on the squad, while Arsenal's Emile Smith Rowe has missed out on a call-up despite his good form for his club.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Marcus Rashford and Jude Bellingham all return for England having missed last month's internationals through injury.

England face Albania at Wembley on November 12 and then go to San Marino three days later, with Southgate's men requiring four points from those two matches to be sure of qualification.

Sancho has been dropped from the squad (Pool via REUTERS)

Discussing his selection, Southgate said: "It's always difficult because we've got so much competition for places and we had quite a few players missing last time, which means you bring others in, so you've got more decisions to make.

"Also some young players, who are playing well, haven't quite made the squad. So we've kept a reasonable amount of consistency really with the group that was with us in the summer that did so well.

"There are players who are pushing the group really strongly."

On omitting the in-form Smith Rowe, he added: "I think Emile and Conor Gallagher are playing very well with their clubs but we've got depth, and to put those in, we've got to leave some of these on the sheet out.

"It's not a bad thing that we're starting to get a very strong under-21 team because you want that depth.

"The boys I've just mentioned are on a really good path, we like them, we get a good chance to see them with the under-21s, as well as with their clubs, but at the moment we think it's a little bit early for some of those guys to come in.

"We could put them in and they will be absolutely fine by the way, but we think the players we've picked are just a little bit ahead at the moment."

The squad in full:

Goalkeepers: Sam Johnstone (West Bromwich Albion), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Reece James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Manchester City)

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United), Declan Rice (West Ham United), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)

Forwards: Tammy Abraham (Roma), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

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