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Daniel Murphy

Gareth Southgate selects just one Man City star for England Euro 2020 qualifiers

Only one Man City player is in the England squad after Gareth Southgate surprisingly dropped Kyle Walker and John Stones from the squad.

England are back in action for the first time since the disappointment of losing to Netherlands in the Nations League semi-final this summer and will be hoping to put it behind them and carry on their perfect start to EURO 2020 qualification.

The Three Lions will be playing two matches during the break, both of which will be at home though one will not be at Wembley.

They'll face off against Bulgaria at the national stadium on Saturday, September 7 before heading to St. Mary's, the home of Southampton, on Tuesday, September 10 to take on Kosovo.

England are sitting pretty at the top of Group A having won both of their qualifiers so far - thrashing Czech Republic 5-0 and Montenegro 5-1 in March.

Gareth Southgate has abandoned his core of Man City players after dropping Walker with Stones out injured. Departed midfielder Fabian Delph is also not included.

Liverpool's Tent Alexander-Arnold, Atletico Madrid's Kieran Trippier and Manchester United's Aaron Wan-Bissaka are now seemingly ahead of Walker in the pecking order.

Raheem Sterling is the only blue to make the cut after continuing his exceptional form this season having already scored five goals.

Sterling already has four goals to his name in qualification after scoring a hat trick against Czech Republic and will no doubt be hoping to get over the summer's disappointment by adding to his goal tally once again.

Full England squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Pickford, Heaton, Pope

Defenders: Alexander-Arnold, Chilwell, Gomez, Keane, Maguire, Mings, Rose, Trippier

Midfielders: Barkley, Henderson, Maddison, Mount, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rice, Winks

Forwards: Kane, Lingard, Rashford, Sancho, Sterling, Wilson

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