Despite returning from injury a few weeks ago, Jude Bellingham has not been called up by Thomas Tuchel for the next England squad. The Three Lions manager believes the Real Madrid midfielder lacks rhythm.

"He's a very special player, and for special players, there are special rules. But for this training camp, we've decided to stick to our decision to invite the same team (compared to the last training camp). He still deserves to be there. But there's also the fact that he hasn't yet found his rhythm with Real Madrid. He hasn't completed a single full match yet. He's only started one so far. He needs to get back to his best form. We spoke on the phone. There's no problem there. He's just lacking rhythm," the German coach said at a press conference.

England's list

 

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), James Trafford (Manchester City)

 

Defenders: Dan Burn (Newcastle), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham), John Stones (Manchester City)

 

Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa)

 

Forwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Marcus Rashford (FC Barcelona), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)