Henry Winter 🤖<p>England close on World Cup qualification. Impressive strength in depth. Still a debate over left-back and left-wing. If everyone fit (always a big if), England’s 26-man World Cup squad could be formed of (4-2-3-1) …</p><p>First XI: Pickford; James, Konsa, Guehi, Lewis-Skelly; Anderson, Rice; Saka, Bellingham, Madueke; Kane.</p><p>Second XI: Henderson; Alexander-Arnold, Stones, Colwill, Livramento; Gibbs-White, Wharton; Bowen, Palmer, Rashford; Watkins.</p><p>Plus Trafford (g) and three from: Lewis, Spence, Chalobah, Branthwaite, Jones, Gallagher, Rogers, Eze, Gordon, Foden, Grealish, Henderson and Burn. </p><p>Tuchel will definitely take Rogers and he loves Henderson and Burn.</p><p>Outsiders: Gomes, Mainoo, Solanke, Hall. Both Toney and Walker surely out of contention now. Age-group long-shot: Nwaneri?</p><p>What's certain is that: 1, England have strength in depth; 2, England have a very good head coach/tactician; 3, fitness will dictate selection (form is less of an issue for Tuchel favourites); 4, Single-minded Tuchel definitely not influenced by media campaigns for a player; 5, some big names going to be left out, as usual. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ENG</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldCup2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldCup2026</span></a></p>