Tuchel drop England provisional World Cup squad, Shaw and Welbeck dey inside

Thomas Tuchel don submit im provisional England squad for di World Cup wey go start for June 11. According to sources, Luke Shaw, Danny Welbeck, and Alex Scott dey among di players wey make di list. Real Madrid defender Trent Alexander-Arnold also dey inside di 55-man preliminary squad wey FIFA allow participating nations to submit before midnight on Monday.

Tuchel go now work to cut di squad down to final 26 players for di tournament wey go happen for USA, Canada, and Mexico. Di Football Association (FA) never officially announce di provisional squad, but dem plan to release di final squad on Friday, May 22.

Alexander-Arnold, Shaw, Welbeck, and Scott all bin miss Tuchel previous squad for di friendlies against Uruguay and Japan. But now dem still get chance to board di plane across Atlantic next month. Alexander-Arnold situation dey interesting because of injury concerns wey Tuchel get at right-back. Di former Liverpool man bin dey face uphill battle to make squad, as Tuchel prefer Chelsea Reece James, Newcastle Tino Livramento, and Arsenal Ben White for dat position.

Last year Tuchel talk say Bayer Leverkusen Jarrell Quansah, wey natural position na centre-back, dey ahead of Alexander-Arnold for di right-back race. But Arsenal defender White be major doubt for di World Cup because of knee injury wey im suffer for Sunday win against West Ham. Livramento currently dey unavailable, though hope dey say di Newcastle defender go fit for di World Cup. James, wey be Tuchel first-choice right-back, don just return from injury recently.

For left-back, Manchester United Shaw fit earn international recall for di tournament. Shaw no don play for England since di Euro 2024 final defeat against Spain, mainly because of injury. But di full-back, wey don play 34 times for England, dey play regularly for United and don make 36 appearances for im club this season.

Welbeck don dey score regular for Brighton this season, with 14 goals for Fabian Hurzeler team. But di veteran never break into one of Tuchel squads yet. Bournemouth midfielder Scott bin get call-up to senior England squad for di first time for November but dem omit am from Tuchel previous party.