UEFA Nations League: Five players withdraw from England squad including returning star

By Matt Law | 21 Sep 2026 16:09, Last updated: 21 Sep 2026 16:12

England person revealed that 5 Premier League players person withdrawn from the squad for their upcoming UEFA Nations League fixtures.

Arsenal's Declan Rice, Chelsea's Cole Palmer and Newcastle United's Tino Livramento person dropped retired of the squad alongside Manchester United duo Marcus Rashford and Kobbie Mainoo.

Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White and Everton's James Garner person been called up.

Palmer had earned a callback to the squad aft being near retired of Thomas Tuchel's enactment for the 2026 World Cup, and helium played the afloat 90 minutes of Chelsea's 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Brentford connected Friday.

Rice has been dealing with a semipermanent hamstring issue, meanwhile, and the midfielder volition present alternatively person a remainder play during the planetary break.

Rice, Palmer, Livramento, Rashford, Mainoo retreat from England squad

Livramento has suffered 9 abstracted injuries since arriving astatine Newcastle United successful 2023, and different occupation has forced him to propulsion retired of the squad.

Meanwhile, Man United duo Rashford and Mainoo some picked up injuries during their side's 1-1 gully with Fulham successful the Premier League connected Sunday.

Mainoo did not play a azygous infinitesimal for England astatine the 2026 World Cup, but helium has been successful beardown signifier for Man United astatine the commencement of this season.

"I expect him to beryllium connected the transportation and it's my work to get him connected the pitch. That was wholly connected me. He didn't enactment a ft incorrect during the World Cup," Tuchel said erstwhile announcing his squad, having been asked astir the inclusion of Mainoo.

"He was people successful behaviour connected the grooming pitch. There was large competition; we played Reece [James] successful cardinal midfield also. Elliot Anderson is astonishing for us, Declan Rice is simply a precise unsocial player

"We trusted them much than we trusted Kobbie. It was hard for him. It was connected me.

"He got injured earlier the France crippled truthful we couldn't adjacent springiness him minutes there, which wounded me. Maybe helium was much wounded than maine but it was my work and it's my work to reward him for that."

When are England successful action?

England volition statesman their Nations League run against Spain connected September 26, earlier taking connected Czech Republic 3 days later.

The Three Lions volition past look Croatia connected October 3 and Czech Republic connected October 6, earlier returning to enactment successful November with games against Croatia (H) and Spain (A).