Topics: England, Football World Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Thomas Tuchel, Aston Villa
Thomas Tuchel has confirmed one of his England stars has been left at home as they conclude their World Cup qualifying campaign away to Andorra.
The Three Lions have already sealed their place in next summer's tournament, which is being held jointly across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
England have won all seven of their qualification games to top Group K, having scored 20 goals and kept clean sheets in all of their encounters so far.
Tuchel's side beat Serbia at Wembley on Thursday evening 2-0 thanks to goals from Arsenal duo Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze either side of half-time to take their tally to 21 points.
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Upcoming opponents Albania have already secured second place in the qualification group and will be aiming to join England on the other side of the Atlantic next summer via the play-offs route.
With both sides already having confirmed their fate, this evening's game is essentially a dead rubber.
It will also be the final time England play in 2025 and there is only one more international break before Tuchel must name his squad for next summer's World Cup.
At Wembley last Thursday evening, the England central defence was comprised of Aston Villa's Ezri Konsa and John Stones of Manchester City.
Both players played the entirety of that match, but Tuchel has confirmed he will be without Konsa for the clash in Albania after the Villa defender did not travel with the squad.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Tuchel confirmed the Villa defender felt tightness in his calf and remained in London to have the injury further assessed, before heading back to his club.
England boss Tuchel said: "I will not tell you who starts. I also don’t know fully who starts. We haven’t decided yet, and we will have some discussions later and take decisions [on Sunday] morning.
"I still have to talk to some players. Everyone was in training except for Ezri Konsa, who felt a tightness in the calf and stayed in London for further assessment.
"Everyone else will be in the squad because everyone else trained today in the morning. I will talk now to some players on how they actually feel and then we’ll take a decision based on that.
"Now Ezri is out, I think we just have to find a solution. It is what it is. We have strong enough players for another good performance."
