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Thomas Tuchel has opted to stick with the same England squad that triumphed against Andorra and delivered an impressive display in Belgrade during the previous international break, leaving no room for the Real Madrid star and the Manchester City attacker in his group for the upcoming exhibition match against Wales and the qualifying match in the Baltic nation.

Although Phil Foden pushing for a return to the squad after rediscovering his form at his club, and Jude Bellingham having returned for Real Madrid following a surgical procedure, the head coach has decided against selecting two of the country's biggest attacking talents. The young midfielder has started only once for his club since his comeback.

Tuchel has made room for Bukayo Saka, who is fully recovered and has been reinstated in place of his unavailable club colleague the sidelined player. Jack Grealish has not been handed a recall.

Full England Team List

Shot-stoppers

• Crystal Palace's keeper (his club)
• Jordan Pickford (the Toffees)
• Manchester City's goalkeeper (the Citizens)

Backline

• Newcastle's defender (the Magpies)
• Crystal Palace's centre-back (the Eagles)
• Reece James (the Blues)
• Aston Villa's defender (Aston Villa)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (the Gunners)
• Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur)
• John Stones (the Sky Blues)

Midfielders

• Elliot Anderson (Forest)
• Nottingham Forest's playmaker (Nottingham Forest)
• Brentford's experienced head (the Bees)
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek (the Italian side)
• Arsenal's anchor (the North London club)
• Aston Villa's talent (the Midlands club)

Attackers

• West Ham's forward (the Hammers)
• Arsenal's attacker (the Emirates side)
• Newcastle's winger (Newcastle United)
• Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
• Barcelona's loanee (Barcelona, on loan from United)
• Bukayo Saka (the Gunners)
• Ollie Watkins (Villa)

Tuchel highlighted the vibrancy in last month's squad and appears determined to maintaining the vibe. Tino Livramento, who featured at left-back in the 5-0 win in Belgrade, has dropped out due to a knee injury. Tuchel has not called up a direct replacement for the Magpies star but has included John Stones, who had to pull out previously. He has spoken about the Manchester City defender's significance for the national team and has floated the idea of deploying him in the middle of the park.

No spot has been found for Adam Wharton, who was selected in the previous squad but withdrew injured and was replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

The manager stated: “A mere three weeks after the last camp and the last win, the last performance, so the consideration was why not bring the same group in because they set the standard. The focus now is on creating habits out of it. We have unfortunately a couple of fitness issues at the moment with Tino and Noni and we welcome of course the Arsenal forward in to take the place of Noni. Jarell Quansah was a late call-up previously; he will remain with the squad.”