News Focus
- Tino Livramento leaves the England squad because of a hamstring injury
- Trevoh Chalobah from Chelsea joins the team as his replacement
- England start their World Cup Group L campaign against Croatia on Wednesday
- FIFA rules allow injured players to be replaced up to 24 hours before the first match
- Trent Alexander-Arnold and Harry Maguire will not join the squad
England face a problem in their World Cup squad. Tino Livramento cannot play in the tournament. The Newcastle United defender has injured his hamstring.
Trevoh Chalobah will take his place. The Chelsea player was on the standby list. He will now join the team in the United States.
Livramento missed the last five weeks of the club season. He had a thigh injury. He got fit again and joined the England team. But he hurt his leg in training. The injury is not very bad. But doctors say he cannot play in the World Cup.
The Football Association acted fast. FIFA rules let teams change injured players. They must do this 24 hours before the first match. England play Croatia in Dallas tomorrow.
Chalobah was on holiday in America. England manager Thomas Tuchel knows him well. Tuchel was his manager at Chelsea.
Many fans ask about Trent Alexander-Arnold. The Liverpool player is not in the squad. Reports give two reasons. First, nobody knows where he is now. The team cannot get him there in time. Second, Tuchel wants players who will definitely play. He does not want famous players to sit on the bench.
Tuchel did not pick several big names earlier. These include Cole Palmer, Harry Maguire and Phil Foden. He wants everyone in the squad to get game time.
Harry Maguire is also in the US. He works for the media. But he will not join the squad. His relationship with Tuchel is bad. Maguire told reporters that Tuchel did not give a good reason for not picking him. Maguire said he was angry. He also said he would play just one minute if he could.
But Tuchel was unhappy with Maguire. Maguire told the public about not being picked before the official news. This made Tuchel angry.