Tottenham star Dominic Solanke earns England recall as Harry Maguire and Marcus Rashford miss out

Dominic Solanke has been called up for England duty as interim boss Lee Carsley names his squad for their upcoming Nations League games

Tottenham's Dominic Solanke has earned a recall to the England squad for the upcoming Nations League clashes with Greece and Finland, despite not donning the national jersey since his appearance against Brazil in 2017.

Interim England manager Lee Carsley has included Solanke in his 25-man squad following the striker's impressive form for Spurs, where he's netted goals in three consecutive matches after his big-money transfer from Bournemouth.

The squad also sees the return of Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham, Kyle Walker and Ollie Watkins, all of whom missed the previous fixtures against Republic of Ireland and Greece.

However, Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze is absent from the list after a less than stellar season start, alongside Harry Maguire, Marcus Rashford and James Maddison who have also been omitted due to their varied performances at club level. While Carsley had hinted at introducing fresh faces into the squad, no uncapped players have made the cut this time, leaving Aston Villa's promising forward Morgan Rogers out of the selection.

Morgan Gibbs-White, Noni Madueke and Angel Gomes retain their spots following their initial call-ups last month. Speaking at the squad announcement at St George’s Park, Carsley said: “Dom’s (Solanke) a player I’m fully aware of and worked with in the past – he was close to being in the last squad.

“He’s taken that form from Bournemouth into Spurs, he has a lot of attributes I like as well as being a nice person. He’s extremely talented and good we’ve got him. Like all of the players it’s a challenge with the squad we’ve got. We have so many talented players.

“We always look at finding the balance, who complements who in terms of how we play and don’t get caught up in positions, it’s more the attributes and how we can potentially attack the opposition. There’s a lot of players that were close to being in the squad, the talent we have available to us.

“It would be quite easy to name a 40-man squad and justify having them all in, but the challenge is making sure we pick a competitive squad and one where we can win the two games. It’s just a case of using the next two camps to experiment a little bit and look at other players. The players who have been left out have all got a case to be in the squad but we saw the benefit of the other squad being fresh and feeling fresh and that it’s not a copy and paste.

“I’ve made it completely clear to the players that this is a short-term decision from myself. We have this camp and next to just keep playing good football for their clubs.”

England take on Greece at Wembley next Thursday before heading to Helsinki to face Finland on Sunday.

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