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England XI vs Croatia: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Nations League
Nov 09 2026 14:49 · By onefootball.com · 0 Reads
Three Lions embark on final international break of year
Dan Burn has been added to the England squad as a replacement for the injured Marc Guehi ahead of Thursday’s match against Croatia.
The Three Lions face Croatia at Wembley Stadium in their penultimate Nations League group game, before completing their group-phase in Madrid against world champions Spain on Sunday.
Manchester City centre-back Guehi was assessed over the weekend after being substituted with a hip injury at half time of their defeat to Nottingham Forest but has now pulled out of the squad.
In his place, Thomas Tuchel called up the 34-year-old Newcastle defender. He had said on Friday that “difficult phone calls” had been had with Burn, Dean Henderson and Chelsea’s Jordan Henderson when leaving them behind. But the former is now in as Guehi’s replacement.
Captain Harry Kane is expected to start and will overtake Peter Shilton to become England’s all-time most-capped player.
Late call-up: Dan Burn
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Arsenal duo Bukayo Saka (injury) and Noni Madueke (selection decision) are not in the squad this month but the head coach has explained that he sees his options on the right wing as being Liverpool’s Rio Ngumoha, Chelsea’s Morgan Rogers, Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White and Fulham’s Josh King.
Declan Rice is back in the mix and available after missing the last international break due to load management.
Jobe Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund, brother of Real Madrid’s Jude, is in the squad for the very first time at senior level. He, King and the Brighton veteran goalkeeper Jason Steele are the only uncapped players among Tuchel’s squad.
The German is expected to go strong in both matches after revealing on Friday that it matters to him to push to finish top of their Nations League group despite currently trailing Spain by three points.
Tuchel has a choice to make between Jordan Pickford and James Trafford over to start as his goalkeeper. Both were handed two games each during the last extended international break.
Though he is right-footed, the Inter Milan defender Djed Spence is in the squad as a left-back where he will compete with Newcastle’s Lewis Hall for game time.
Injured: Guehi