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The England manager has opted to stick with the same Three Lions selection that triumphed against Andorra and delivered an impressive display in Serbia during the previous international break, leaving no room for the Real Madrid star and Phil Foden in his group for the forthcoming friendly against the Welsh side and the World Cup qualifier in Latvia.

Although Foden making a strong case for a recall after regaining his top condition at Manchester City, and Bellingham having returned for his Spanish club following shoulder surgery, the head coach has decided against including two of the nation's biggest attacking talents. Bellingham has been in the starting lineup only once for his club since his comeback.

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

Complete Three Lions Team List

Shot-stoppers

• Crystal Palace's keeper (Crystal Palace)
• Jordan Pickford (the Toffees)
• Manchester City's goalkeeper (Manchester City)

Backline

• Dan Burn (the Magpies)
• Marc Guéhi (the Eagles)
• Reece James (the Blues)
• Aston Villa's defender (Aston Villa)
• Arsenal's young talent (Arsenal)
• Bayer Leverkusen's player (the German club)
• Tottenham's defender (Tottenham Hotspur)
• John Stones (Manchester City)

Engine room

• Nottingham Forest's midfielder (Forest)
• Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest)
• Jordan Henderson (Brentford)
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Milan)
• Arsenal's anchor (Arsenal)
• Aston Villa's talent (the Midlands club)

Forwards

• West Ham's forward (the Hammers)
• Eberechi Eze (Arsenal)
• Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United)
• Bayern Munich's striker (Bayern Munich)
• Marcus Rashford (the Catalan club, loan from Manchester United)
• Arsenal's star (Arsenal)
• Ollie Watkins (Villa)

The national team coach expressed his admiration for the energy in last month's squad and appears determined to maintaining the vibe. Tino Livramento, who started at the defensive flank in the convincing victory in Belgrade, has been ruled out due to a knee injury. Tuchel has not called up a direct replacement for the Newcastle player but has selected John Stones, who had to pull out previously. Tuchel has discussed the Manchester City defender's significance for the national team and has suggested deploying him in the middle of the park.

There is no place for the midfielder, who was selected in the previous squad but withdrew due to injury and was substituted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

The manager stated: “It was only three weeks since the last camp and the last win, the latest display, so the question was why not select the same group in because they established a benchmark. Now it is about creating habits out of it. We have unfortunately two injuries at the moment with Tino and Noni and we bring of course Bukayo Saka in to replace Noni. The defender was a late call-up previously; he will stay in camp.”