England manager Thomas Tuchel has revealed that Manchester United Ombudsman Harry Maguire was omitted from his first three -lion squad based on a mixture of poor and fitness problems.
Ex -chelsea and Bayern Munich leader began his reign as England none during the international break of March, ensuring Comfortable victories over Albania and Latvia To launch the 2026 World Cup classification campaign.
The first selection of the German squad was examined naturally With Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson Surprise recallsWhile other high -profile names like Ollie Watkins failed to get the cut.
Maguire was another regular who was omitted for Wembley’s clashes, and it was assumed that Center-Back was simply lost due to the injury of the calf that has left him since then Man utdThe defeat of the FA Cup in Fulham earlier this month.
While his fitness problems contributed to his exclusion, Tuchel has admitted that others were simply stronger than Maguire.
“It was a narrow decision,” Tuchel confessed The times As for the absence of Maguire. “We have chosen (Marc) Guehi and (Ezri) konsa right now. I think they are a bit in a better rhythm and they deserve to be with us. Two feet on the right in central defense and the rest were left tracks in the defense center.
“The second reason was that (Maguire) was not suitable when we (called the squad). It was assumed that he can play, but we did not want to appoint a player with whom we had to risk and constantly evaluate if he can do a complete training session or half a training session.”
Maguire last played in England during the international period of September and faces a battle to win its place in future teams. Guehi, Konsa, Levi Colwill and John Stones apparently are ahead in the pecker order, while Dan Burn and Jarell Quesah were selected before him in March.
The young man, 32, has fought in a Man Utd Deinflat and Little Compete this season and his life has been more difficult for the arrival of Ruben Amorim, which favors a training of 3-4-2-1.
Tuchel sympathized with Maguire’s themes, saying: “It’s not so easy (Maguire) to his club right now; he plays three backs. But he is a maximum professional and is very important for England. He took (his omission) incredibly well.
“He wrote me messages to wish us good luck and see what a person is. He is a higher guy and he will always be in containment.”
