Elliot Anderson will make his England debut tonight as Thomas Tuchel’s side host Andorra in a World Cup qualifier.
The Three Lions face Group K minnows at Villa Park on Saturday, and there could be a first-ever senior cap for Quansah after the Bayer Leverkusen centre-back was added to camp late by Thomas Tuchel.
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Also now available is AC Milan midfielder Loftus-Cheek, whose last cap came in 2018 but who knows the England head coach from their time together at Chelsea. He has been named to the bench alongside Quansah.
Quansah and Loftus-Cheek were called up after Adam Wharton pulled out of the squad due to an adductor injury sustained while playing for Crystal Palace. Tuchel confirmed at his pre-match press conference that Stones has since withdrawn due to an ongoing injury.
The Manchester City man was due to work under Tuchel for the first time but pulled out of the squad on Friday morning due to muscular problems.
Tuchel is expected to name close to his strongest possible XI for Tuesday’s crunch qualifier against Serbia in Belgrade, so the German has gone more experimental against Andorra.
Dan Burn slots in at centre-back next to Marc Guehi, with Myles Lewis-Skelly and Reece James on either side of the back four. Anderson is partnered in midfield by Declan Rice and his new Arsenal teammate Eberechi Eze, with a front three of Noni Madueke, Harry Kane, and Marcus Rashford up ahead.
Quansah is not the only player hoping for a maiden cap, with Manchester City goalkeeper James Trafford and first-time call-ups Djed Spence of Tottenham and Elliot Anderson of Nottingham Forest in the frame for senior debuts. Tuchel sees Spence as a left-back and Anderson as a No8.
Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer and Jude Bellingham were the most notable omissions from the original squad named by Tuchel last week, all missing out due to injury issues.
England starting XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford; James, Burn, Guehi, Lewis-Skelly; Anderson, Eze, Rice; Madueke, Kane, Rashford
Subs: Konsa, Gordon, J. Henderson, D. Henderson, Spence, Rogers, Livramento, Gibbs-White, Loftus-Cheek, Watkins, Bowen, Trafford
Time and date: 5pm BST on Saturday September 6, 2025
Venue: Villa Park
How to watch: ITV
