The Three Lions Squad for the matches against Croatia and Spain  October 2018
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J.	7 October 1998	20	RWB	Liverpool FC	3	0	3	0		0	None
Barkley, Ross	5 December 1993	24	M	Chelsea FC	9	14	23	2		0	1
Bettinelli, Marcus	24 May 1992	26	GK	Fulham FC	0	0	0	0ᵍᵃ		0	none
Butland, Jack	10 March 1993	25	GK	Stoke City FC	7	2	9	4ᵍᵃ		0	None
Chalobah, Nathaniel N.	12 December 1994 in Freetown, Sierra Leone	23	M	Watford FC	0	0	0	0		0	none
Chilwell, Benjamin J.	21 December 1996	21	LB	Leicester City FC	1	1	2	0		0	None
	Chillwell replaced for Shaw on 8 October.
Dier, Eric J.E.	15 January 1994	24	M	Tottenham Hotspur FC	26	9	35	3	1	5	4
Dunk, Lewis C.	21 November 1991	26	CD	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	0	0	0	0		0	none
	Dunk replaced Tarkowski on 7 October.
Gomez, Joseph D.	23 May 1997	21	CD	Liverpool FC	3	1	4	0		0	1
Henderson, Jordan B.	17 June 1990	28	M	Liverpool FC	36	11	47	1	1	6	6
	Henderson is suspended for the match against Spain
Kane, Harry E.	28 July 1993	25	F	Tottenham Hotspur FC	27	6	33	19		13	None
McCarthy, Alex S.	3 December 1989	28	G	Southampton FC	0	0	0	0ᵍᵃ		0	none
	McCarthy withdrew from the squad on 11 October because of injury.
Maddison, James D.	23 November 1996	21	AM	Leicester City FC	0	0	0	0		0	none
Maguire, J. Harry	5 March 1993	25	CD	Leicester City FC	13	2	15	1		0	2
Mount, Mason T.	10 January 1999	19	M	Derby County FC, on loan from Chelsea FC	0	0	0	0		0	none
Pickford, Jordan L.	7 March 1994	24	GK	Everton FC	12	0	12	11ᵍᵃ		0	None
Rashford, Marcus	31 October 1997	20	F	Manchester United FC	12	16	28	5		0	1
Rose, Daniel L.	2 July 1990	28	LWB	Tottenham Hotspur FC	17	8	25	0		0	None
	Rose withdrew from the squad on 11 October because of injury.
Sancho, Jadon M.	25 March 2000	18	F	Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany	0	1	1	0		0	None
Shaw, Luke P.H.	12 July 1995	23	RB	Manchester United FC	6	2	8	0		0	1
	Shaw withdrew from the squad on 8 October because of an injury.
Sterling, Raheem S.	8 December 1994 in Kingston, Jamaica	23	M	Manchester City FC	37	8	45	2		0	6	1
Stones, John	28 May 1994	24	CD	Manchester City FC	31	5	36	2		0	4
	Stones is suspended for the match against Spain and has withdrawn.
Tarkowski, James A.	19 November 1992	25	CD	Burnley FC	2	0	2	0		0	None
	Tarkowski withdrew from the squad on 7 October because of a groin injury.
Trippier, Kieran J.	19 September 1990	28	RWB	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13	2	15	1		0	None
Walker, Kyle A.	28 May 1990	28	RD	Manchester City FC	38	4	42	0		0	6
Welbeck, Daniel N.T.M.	26 November 1990	27	F	Arsenal FC	26	16	42	16		0	2
	Welbeck withdrew from the squad on 11 October because of a hamstring injury.
Winks, Harry B.	2 February 1996	22	M	Tottenham Hotspur FC	1	0	1	0		0	None

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the second of the 2018-19 season, against Croatia on 12 October 2018.

Diary

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 - Following the draw in Lausanne, England will face Spain and Croatia in League A of the inaugural UEFA Nations League. The first group games take place in September this year, with the finals scheduled for June 2019.

Thursday, 4 October 2018 - Gareth Southgate manager has signed a new contract keeping him in the job until at least the 2022 World Cup Finals.
James Maddison, Jadon Sancho and Mason Mount have all been named in the 25-man squad for the first time. Other uncapped players in the squad that keep their places include Macrus Bettinelli and Alex McCarthy. Nathaniel Chalobah returns to the squad. Ross Barkley has also earned his place back into the squad, for the first time since March 2017, as does Harry Winks, who returns for the first time since November 2017. Those that are missing because of injury are Dele Alli, Jesse Lingard, Adam Lallana, Fabian Delph and Ruben Loftus-Cheek. Ben Chilwell and Demarai Gray miss out.
Jadon Sancho becomes the first player born in the 21st century to be called up for England.

Sunday, 7 October 2018 - Burnley's James Tarkowski has withdrawn from the squad after picking up a groin injury. Southgate has drafted in Brighton & Hove Albion's Lewis Dunk as his replacement. Dunk has had no international experience and has just signed a new five-year contract with the south coast club.

Monday, 8 October 2018 - Luke Shaw withdraws from the squad, allowing a recall for Leicester's Ben Chilwell. Although Shaw completed the full ninety minutes in Manchester United's astounding victory over Newcastle United in the Premier League on Friday, he complained of injury problems afterwards.
The Football Foundation are announced as being the lead sponsor of the team for the upcoming Nations League matches.

Tuesday, 9 October 2018 - Following a day of recovery, the first day of training at St. George's Park only includes 22 of the players. Danny Welbeck, Danny Rose and Alex McCarthy are all working indoors.

Thursday, 11 October 2018 - It is announced that as Alex McCarthy and Danny Rose arrived at St. George's Park with injuries, they are to return to their clubs, instead of flying out to Croatia later today. Danny Welbeck, although unannounced, has also withdrawn from the squad, because of a hamstring injury.

Friday, 12 October 2018 - Croatia 0 England 0 - England played out a largely uneventful stalemate with Croatia behind closed doors in Rijeka to earn the first point of their UEFA Nations League campaign - but manager Gareth Southgate felt they "should have won". England coped well with the surroundings and had the better chances - Eric Dier and Harry Kane heading against the woodwork either side of the interval, and Marcus Rashford producing two bad misses with only Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livaković to beat.

Sunday, 14 October 2018 - As John Stones returns home, the England team, along with the suspended Jordan Henderson, arrive in Seville ahead of their clash tomorrow night with Spain. The squad are using the training facilities at Real Betis. Only twenty of the present 22-man squad are in training.

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