Dominic Solanke has received his first England call-up in seven years but Harry Maguire has been left out of the latest squad named by interim boss Lee Carsley.
Solanke, 27, has scored three goals in his past three appearances for Tottenham and will now have the chance to add to his solitary England cap, which he earned as a sub against Brazil in a friendly in 2017, when the Three Lions face Greece and Finland in the Nations League this month.
Dominic Solanke has been one of the Premier League’s top performers since the start of last season
However, Carsley – who continues to oversee the national team while the FA decide on a permanent successor to Gareth Southgate – has left Manchester United centre-back Maguire out of his group. The defender missed United’s defeat to Tottenham on Sunday with injury but was in the club’s travelling squad to play Porto in the Europa League on Thursday night.
Harry Maguire played in England’s win over Republic of Ireland last month
Maguire did feature for Carsley during last month’s Nations League campaign opener against Republic of Ireland but Solanke’s Spurs team-mate James Maddison has once again been overlooked by the interim boss.
Jarrod Bowen and Eberechi Eze – who appeared as subs in both fixtures last month – have been dropped, as has Tino Livramento, with Jude Bellingham back in the fold after missing the September games with injury, as is Kyle Walker.
Morgan Rogers, who has made an impressive start to the season for Aston Villa, is set to once again be with the U21 squad rather than the seniors.
England currently sit second in their Nations League Group B2, level on points with Greece having beaten Ireland and Finland in Carsley’s first two games in charge.
England will host Greece at Wembley on Thursday October 10 before going to Finland on Sunday October 13.
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England’s October Nations League squad in full
Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Nick Pope (Newcastle).
Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), John Stones (Man City), Rico Lewis (Man City), Kyle Walker (Man City).
Midfielders: Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid), Kobbie Mainoo (Man Utd), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottm Forest), Angel Gomes (Lille), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Phil Foden (Man City), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid).
Forwards: Noni Madueke (Chelsea), Jack Grealish (Man City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham).
England’s upcoming fixtures
England host Greece at Wembley on October 10 at 7.45pm. Lee Carselay’s men then travel to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium to take on Finland on October 13 at 5pm.