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The Three Lions Squad for the matches against Switzerland and Côte d'Ivoire March 2022
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App
Bakumo-Abraham, K.O. Tamaraebi	2 October 1997	24	F	AS Roma, Italy	2	8	10	3		0	1
	Abraham withdrew from the squad on 21st March because of an injury
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J.	7 October 1998	23	RB	Liverpool FC	13	3	16	1		0	1
	Alexander-Arnold withdrew from the squad a day after the announcement because of a hamstring injury
Bellingham, Jude V.W.	29 June 2003	18	M	Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany	3	7	10	0		0	None
Coady, Conor D.	23 February 1993	29	CD	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	8	0	8	1		0	1
Foden, Philip W.	28 May 2000	21	F	Manchester City FC	10	3	13	2		0	1
Forster, Fraser G.	17 March 1988	34	G	Southampton FC	4	2	6	7ᵍᵃ		0	None
	Forster was drafted into the squad on 23 March as a replacement for Johnstone
Gallagher, Conor J.	6 February 2000	22	M	Crystal Palace FC, on loan from Chelsea FC	0	1	1	0		0	None
Grealish, Jack P.	10 September 1995	26	AM	Manchester City FC	10	8	18	1		0	None
					also has 19 Republic of Ireland youth appearances
Guéhi, A.K. Marc-Israel	13 July 2000 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	21	CD	Crystal Palace FC	0	0	0	0		0	none
Henderson, Jordan B.	17 June 1990	31	M	Liverpool FC	45	23	68	2	1	8	10
James, Reece T.	8 December 1999	22	RD	Chelsea FC	6	4	10	0		0	0	1
	James withdrew from the squad on 21st March because of an injury
Johnstone, Samuel L.	25 March 1993	28	G	West Bromwich Albion FC	3	0	3	0ᵍᵃ		0	None
	Johnstone drafted into the squad on 21 March as a replacement for Ramsdale, and withdrew two days later
Kane, Harry E.	28 July 1993	28	F	Tottenham Hotspur FC	58	9	67	48		44	2
Maguire, J. Harry	5 March 1993	29	CD	Manchester United FC	39	2	41	7		1	9	1
Mings, Tyrone D.	13 March 1993	29	CD	Aston Villa FC	11	5	16	1		0	2
Mitchell, Tyrick K.	1 September 1999	22	LB	Crystal Palace FC	0	0	0	0		0	none
	Mitchell drafted into the squad on 21 March as a replacement for Alexander-Arnold
Mount, Mason T.	10 January 1999	23	M	Chelsea FC	18	8	26	4		0	None
Pickford, Jordan L.	7 March 1994	28	G	Everton FC	42	0	42	31ᵍᵃ		0	None
Pope, Nicholas D.	19 April 1992	29	G	Burnley FC	6	1	7	1ᵍᵃ		0	None
Ramsdale, Aaron C.	14 May 1998	23	G	Arsenal FC	1	0	1	0ᵍᵃ		0	None
	Ramsdale withdrew from the squad on 20 March because of a hip injury
Rice, Declan	14 January 1999	23	M	West Ham United FC	25	2	27	2		0	3
					also has 3 Republic of Ireland appearances
Saka, Bukayo A.T.M.	5 September 2001	20	F	Arsenal FC	10	4	14	4		0	None
	Saka withdrew from the squad on 24 March after a positive coronavirus result
Shaw, Luke P.H.	12 July 1995	26	LB	Manchester United FC	17	2	19	1		0	2
Smith Rowe, Emile	28 July 2000	21	AM	Arsenal FC	1	1	2	1		0	None
Sterling, Raheem S.	8 December 1994 in Kingston, Jamaica	27	F	Manchester City FC	64	8	72	18		2	8	1
Stones, John	28 May 1994	27	CD	Manchester City FC	49	6	55	3		0	5
Walker-Peters, Kyle L.	13 April 1997	24	RB	Southampton FC	0	0	0	0		0	none
	Walker-Peters drafted into the squad on 21 March as a replacement for James
Ward-Prowse, James M.E.	1 November 1994	27	M	Southampton FC	4	5	9	2		0	None
Watkins, Oliver G.A.	30 December 1995	26	F	Aston Villa FC	0	5	5	1		0	None
	Watkins drafted into the squad on 21 March as a replacement for Abraham
White, Benjamin W.	8 October 1997	24	CD	Arsenal FC	1	1	2	0		0	None

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the seventh of the 2021-22 season, against San Marino on 15 November 2021.

Diary

Friday, 14 January 2022 - England will host Switzerland at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, 26 March. The fixture will form part of Garth Southgate's squad preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The match will be designated as an 'Alzheimer's Society International' in support of the Football Association's official charity partnership.

Thursday, 17 March 2022 - Gareth Southgate chooses his 25-man squad for next weeks friendly matches against Switzerland and Côte d'Ivoire, both at Wembley. There is a first call-up for Crystal Palace defender Ivorian-born Marc Guéhi, a previous captain of the under-21's. Their are recalls for Nick Pope and Ben White.

Friday, 18 March 2022 - Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold will be out for several weeks with a hamstring injury problem, manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed. He suffered the injury in his club's Premier League win at Arsenal on Wednesday. "Trent is out with a hamstring, so he cannot be part of England too." said Klopp.

Saturday, 19 March 2022 - Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale will miss England's internationals during the next fortnight after suffering a hip injury. His manager, Mike Arteta said he will be out 'for a few weeks'. The 23 year-old was absent from Arsenal's 1-0 win at Aston Villa today. The trip to was the first game Ramsdale had missed in the Premier League since becoming the number one goalkeeper since August.

Monday, 21 March 2022 - Two more players drop out of the squad because of injury. Tammy Abraham, who scored two goals over the weekend in the Rome derby, and Reece James, Chelsea's wing-back. Gareth Southgate has responded by calling up four players. Sam Johnstone, West Brom's goalkeeper, and Aston Villa forward, Ollie Watkins, are recalled. But their are first time call-ups for Southampton's Kyle Walker-Peters ad Crystal Palace's Tyrick Mitchell. Walker-Peters has been involved with England at youth levels, whereas Mitchell has not. This being his first call-up into an England squad at any level.

Tuesday, 22 March 2022 - The Three Lions squad arrive at St. George's Park. 21 of the 24 players are on the pitch training. Declan Rice, Emile Smith Rowe and Sam Johnstone all remain indoors today. The 25th player, Raheem Sterling, will arrive tomorrow. Today, he is a guest of the HRH Duke of Cambridge at an event in Jamaica.

Wednesday, 23 March 2022 - Sam Johnstone has had to withdraw from the England squad because of illness, his place goes to Southampton goalkeeper, Fraser Forster, who returns to the squad for the first time since 2017.

Thursday, 24 March 2022 - Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka will miss England's friendlies after testing positive for CoVid19. He has been isolating from the rest of the squad since yesterday and has now returned home. Gareth Southgate is not planning on calling up a replacement.

Friday, 25 March 2022 - Emile Smith Rowe misses training and as a consequence will not participate in the match tomorrow night. 
 

England Form: last six games
W D W D W W  f 26:a 2  success: 83.3%
1023	5 September 2021 - England 4 Andorra 0 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (67,171)	Lingard (2), Kane (pen), Saka	WCP	HW
1024	8 September 2021 - Poland 1 England 1 [0-0] Stadion Narodowy, Warszawa (56,212)	Szymański Kane		AD
1025	9 October 2021 - Andorra 0 England 5 [0-2] Estadi Nacional d'Andorra, Andorra la Vella (2,285)	Chilwell, Saka, Abraham, Ward-Prowse, Grealish		AW
1026	12 October 2021 - England 1 Hungary 1 [1-1] The National Stadium, Wembley (69,380)	Stones Sallai (pen)		HD
1027	12 November 2021 - England 5 Albania 0 [0-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (80,366)	Maguire, Kane (3), Henderson		HW
1028	15 November 2021 - San Marino 0 England 10 [0-6] San Marino Stadium, Serravalle (2,775)	Maguire, Fabbri OG, Kane (4 (2 pen)), Smith Rowe, Mings, Abraham, Saka		AW
		Dante Rossi