England Announce First Squad Of 2020 For Nations League Fixtures

England manager Gareth Southgate has named his 24-man squad for the upcoming Nations League games against Iceland and Denmark.

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has made the squad, despite his ongoing legal trial after being arrested on the Greek island of Mykonos last week.

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane is also included even though he is missing the start of pre-season and quarantining.

Manchester City's Raheem Sterling features after testing negative for coronavirus. The winger attended a party hosted by Usain Bolt and he will be tested again before joining up with the squad.

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There are call ups for Manchester United and Manchester City youngsters Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden.

While Leeds United's Kalvin Phillips is a shock pick in midfield with Jack Grealish, James Maddison and Dele Alli missing out.

Here is the squad in full:

Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Mason Greenwood (Manchester United), Dean Henderson (Manchester United), Danny Ings (Southampton), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Michael Keane (Everton), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Declan Rice (West Ham United), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur)

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson misses out through injury.

England will return to action on September 5 against Iceland and then September 8 against Denmark.

England haven't played since November 2019 when they ran out 4-0 winners over Kosovo in their final Euro 2020 qualifier.

The coronavirus pandemic saw friendlies with Italy and Denmark, set to take place in March, cancelled.

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Topics: Football News, Football, UEFA Nations League, England, Denmark, Iceland

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