#england-national-team

#england-national-team

No, a lot of people make that assumption, but I played on the left for United loads of times when Giggsy was injured, Scholes tells FourFourTwo. I didn't actually mind playing there, especially for United. I scored a lot of goals from that position for United, but with England it was different, we just played a different type of football. The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. I just wasn't enjoying playing for England.

Panama, I don't know much about Panama at the moment but we will find out about it before the tournament starts, of course. For me, I'm only experienced group football in Champions League formats and the way to approach it was to always give it the biggest respect and to put all the focus into winning the group. It always seems difficult like our group now but we are confident and we will be well prepared when we arrive.

"What a story it would be if I went to the World Cup after I was in the [Chelsea] bomb squad and everyone had counted me out 12 months prior. "It would just be the biggest middle finger to so many people, which to me is a motivation. Chelsea were honest with me and there's no resentment, but of course I've got an ego, so it would be a nice feeling to prove some people wrong."

Real Madrid defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is reportedly unhappy with his situation at the Spanish club, and he wishes that he had signed a new contract with Liverpool. According to Spanish publication El Nacional, the defender has struggled at the Spanish club, and he wishes that he had stayed at his boyhood club. The right-back had the option to sign a new contract with Liverpool and stay at the club.

"First of all, it's my job now to make contact with everyone," Tuchel said. "Players like Trent, players that are on our long list, 55, 60 players, to reach out to them, be in touch with them, explain to them why they were not here. Explain to them what they have to do, where they can improve. "Can they even do something or is it just a choice, so this is my job in the next weeks and months."

Scoring for you country is one of the most magical feelings that any player gets in their career so for this quiz, how well do you know the national goalscoring charts? You have 30 players coming up in groups of three so 10 questions where you have to order the players from first to third in how many goals they netted for the Three Lions. They get harder as they go

Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi has withdrawn from the England squad because of injury. He will return to his club to continue rehabilitation on the foot injury he sustained against AZ Alkmaar in a Conference League game last week. The 25-year-old was left out of the squad for England's 2-0 victory over Serbia on Thursday and will miss the Three Lions' final 2026 World Cup qualifier in Albania.

A lot has been written about England's lack of an alternative to Kane at centre-forward - the likes of Ollie Watkins and Ivan Toney have had opportunities but not fully convinced - but in Foden, Tuchel may have stumbled on the perfect answer. It is a role he has performed before for Manchester City and his link-up with Eze in particular offered plenty of food for thought.

"This is not about building a starting XI, it's about building a team," Tuchel told ITV. "They're all big players in their club, they're used to playing, they're disappointed but buy into this idea of building a team. We're a strong group who can put the ego aside and give the coach a headache in the next match, that is the only way. Everyone is treating everyone with respect. The ones on the pitch know they can rely on everyone who comes from the bench to finish the game. We could see the impact today."

Kane was withdrawn along with Morgan Rogers, who was selected to start at No. 10. In their place went Foden as a false nine with Bellingham in behind. Eberechi Eze replaced Marcus Rashford on the left flank while midfielder Jordan Henderson was introduced for Declan Rice, allowing Elliot Anderson to push on and affect the game more in the final third.

Bukayo Saka's 28th-minute volley and Eberechi Eze's curling strike during the final minute of regular time gave England a 2026 World Cup qualifying victory over Serbia in their final home match of 2025. Bukayo SAKA! 🏴⚽️It's a BRILLIANT finish from the Arsenal man 💥#ITVFootball | #ThreeLions | @England pic.twitter.com/T7glMUkNsH- ITV Football (@itvfootball) November 13, 2025

Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson has received huge praise from England manager Thomas Tuchel as his fine form this season continues. The talented 23-year-old is really making a name for himself in the Premier League, and has fully deserves his recent involvement with the England national team as well. It could be that Anderson will now be a key player for the Three Lions at next summer's World Cup, while he might also earn himself a big move soon.

"I don't know. I guess so but not both in the same position obviously. Rather than finding a position for the best players to have them on the field, it is maybe better to put everyone in their best position and have competition. "At the moment the competition is between the two of them. They are friends so it is a friendly competition. They don't have to be enemies and hate each other. They are respectful and they fight for the same position. "Can they play together? Yes, but in a different structure and now is not the moment to change the structure."

Trevoh Chalobah is set to join up with the England squad to replace injured Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi. The 26-year-old Chelsea defender is due to link up with the squad for England's final World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Serbia, but it has yet to be officially announced. The Three Lions have already qualified for next summer's tournament. Chalobah earned his first call-up under England manager Thomas Tuchel in May and then made his debut against Senegal.

Gareth Southgate has a good story about cockapoo vomit. Alone, exhausted and about to leave England's impossible job, it was the first thing that greeted him on returning home from defeat in last year's European Championship final. Obviously, he immediately set about clearing it up and consoling the pup suspected of overeating. Another moment of pathos in a life that has experienced the extremes of the public eye, another hurdle cleared.

But after reaching the World Cup final in Sydney in 2023 and falling just short, Sarina Wiegman's side have already turned their focus to the next challenge - qualification for the 2027 tournament in Brazil. England, along with the rest of Europe, will discover their road to South America on Tuesday November 4, when the draw for Women's World Cup qualifiers for UEFA teams is made.

Age appears no barrier for Thomas Tuchel's England. An 18-month contract as a one-shot deal North America or bust little need to plan for the future. Any legacy is bound up in the success or failure of Mission 2026, hence the expected presence of good tourist Jordan Henderson, 36 less than a week after the World Cup kicks off. Though Harry Kane is immovable, undroppable, there may yet be a vacancy for an athletic, intelligent, hard-working forward, capable of linking play and leading the press,

The former Three Lions captain played in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 editions of the tournament, experiencing some memorable highs and crushing lows. Who can forget Beckham's red card for kicking out at Argentina's Diego Simeone at France 98 - or his cathartic, match-winning penalty against the same opponents in Japan and Korea four years later?

As they like to say in the US, dee-fense wins championships. The sentiment is not an exclusively American thing. Attack wins you games, defence win you titles, Sir Alex Ferguson once said. And he should know, having won quite a lot of them with Manchester United. As England look forward to next summer's World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico, the idea has come to resonate, mainly because of how miserly they have been at the back under Thomas Tuchel.