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Four inexperienced England players 'auditioning' for Tuchel

2024-11-13 21:00:38

A player who has perhaps one of the biggest chances to impress is Aston Villa forward Morgan Rogers.

The 22-year-old has scored three goals and provided two assists in 11 games for his club side and the calls from outside the set-up for him to be included have probably been some of the loudest in recent weeks.

Rogers says he is ready to step up before the "clean slate" when Tuchel takes over.

"I just try and push myself everyday and see what new levels I can reach. I have probably surprised myself a bit at times this season in how well I have done," Rogers said.

"I have always believed in myself that I can get to this level and maintain it."

Rogers plays in an area of the pitch where England have a lot of depth - but with Foden, Palmer, Grealish and Saka all out, the forward could have a great chance to show what he can do in a hostile environment against opponents that took England apart in September.

Could Curtis Jones (left) finally be in line for his first England cap?
Lewis Hall started his career at Chelsea and made his Blues debut under incoming England boss Tuchel

England have had a problem filling the left-back position for a long time.

Gareth Southgate's gamble on Luke Shaw's fitness for the Euros - and having to use the right-footed Kieran Trippier instead - was one of the biggest talking points for fans.

Ben Chilwell has been frozen out at Chelsea and would need a move in January and some regular football before he can be considered again, although a positive for the full-back is that he won the Champions League under the incoming Tuchel.

Hall is only 20 but is excelling for Newcastle United, playing all 11 Premier League games this season - and was actually given his Chelsea debut by Tuchel as a 17-year-old.

"I am not sure if that means anything now," Hall said. "Especially as I feel my game is completely different now to how it was back then.

"He was a good person to me, he gave me my debut and I think without that, it wouldn't have given me the confidence I got when I was younger.

"I think I had a bit of feeling [about being called up] purely because of the lack of out-and-out left-backs that there are in the squad," Hall added.

Lille midfielder Angel Gomes is very much a Lee Carsley pick. He was one of the major reasons that the under-21s won the Euros last summer.

However, it will be interesting to see if Tuchel sees the midfielder in his plans going forward.

Carsley said that Gomes controls games with his technique rather than his physicality and with Tuchel favouring football which can at times be described as pragmatic, it could be that Gomes is one who has more work to do than others to impress the new manager.