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The England manager has chosen to retain the same Three Lions selection that secured victory against Andorra and delivered an impressive performance in Serbia during the previous international break, finding no place for Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden in his selection for the forthcoming friendly against the Welsh side and the qualifying match in Latvia.

Although Foden pushing for a recall after rediscovering his form at Manchester City, and Bellingham having returned for Real Madrid following a surgical procedure, the national team manager has opted not to selecting two of the country's most prominent offensive stars. The young midfielder has been in the starting lineup only once for his team since his return.

The England boss has made room for Bukayo Saka, who is back to fitness and has been restored in place of his injured club colleague the sidelined player. Jack Grealish has not been handed a return to the squad.

Complete Three Lions Squad Announcement

Shot-stoppers

• Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace)
• Everton's number one (the Toffees)
• James Trafford (Manchester City)

Defenders

• Newcastle's defender (Newcastle United)
• Crystal Palace's centre-back (the Eagles)
• Chelsea's full-back (Chelsea)
• Aston Villa's defender (Aston Villa)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal)
• Jarell Quansah (the German club)
• Djed Spence (Spurs)
• John Stones (Manchester City)

Engine room

• Nottingham Forest's midfielder (Forest)
• Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest)
• Brentford's experienced head (Brentford)
• Milan's midfielder (the Italian side)
• Declan Rice (the North London club)
• Aston Villa's talent (Aston Villa)

Attackers

• Jarrod Bowen (the Hammers)
• Eberechi Eze (Arsenal)
• Newcastle's winger (the Geordies)
• Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
• Barcelona's loanee (the Catalan club, loan from Manchester United)
• Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
• Aston Villa's forward (Aston Villa)

The national team coach expressed his admiration for the vibrancy in the previous selection and appears determined to maintaining the vibe. The Newcastle defender, who started at the defensive flank in the 5-0 win in Serbia, has been ruled out due to a knock. The manager has not called up a direct replacement for the Newcastle player but has selected John Stones, who had to pull out previously. He has discussed the centre-back's significance for the national team and has suggested deploying him in the middle of the park.

No spot has been found for the midfielder, who was called up in the previous squad but pulled out injured and was substituted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

The manager stated: “It was only three weeks after the previous gathering and the last win, the last performance, so the consideration was why not bring the same group in because they set the standard. Now it is about building routines out of it. We have unfortunately two injuries at the moment with Livramento and Madueke and we welcome of course the Arsenal forward in to replace Madueke. The defender was a late call-up last time; he will remain with the squad.”