#England squad

#England squad

I spoke to Tomas Tuchel over the summer to find out about my chances of returning to the national team, and he told me, 'You're almost there, keep going.' If I'm not mistaken, he came to watch a derby, the one we drew. 'I know they follow us. Ruben was recently called up. It's obvious that the games in England are followed much more, because it's also easier for them to attend. But no, I don't think I won't be called up just because I'm in Italy, I just have to keep going.'

We don't think it is a serious injury but we are getting him scanned and waiting on the result. I think there is every chance he might miss our game on Sunday but we will give him every opportunity to be fit. I feel relaxed about him being with England. It will all be done with England's blessing in terms of whether he is fit or not fit. We will work together to find the best solutions for Anthony.

He scores goals, he works hard, he's having a purple patch and he's put himself in a position where Thomas Tuchel will definitely have to look at him," Rooney said on the latest episode of his podcast The Wayne Rooney Show.

Manchester City defender Nico O'Reilly was today added to the England squad for the upcoming doubleheader against Wales and Latvia. It is a first senior call-up for the 20-year-old, who moves up from the Under-21s, for the friendly with Wales on Thursday and the World Cup qualifier in Riga five days later. O'Reilly replaces Reece James in the squad after the Chelsea defender sustained an injury in his side's 2-1 defeat of Liverpool on Saturday evening.

Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson is set for his first England call-up when Thomas Tuchel names his squad at 12:00 BST. Anderson, 22, has impressed since his move to the City Ground from Newcastle and will be rewarded with a call-up for the World Cup qualifying games against Andorra and Serbia. Jude Bellingham will miss the squad through injury and Anderson is set to replace the Real Madrid star.

Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins will miss England's upcoming matches against Andorra and Senegal due to a minor injury, with no replacement being called up.