National World Top Stories Update Thursday 6 November, 2025
Bournemouth star Alex Scott could find himself playing alongside Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden in England’s midfield.
Scott, 22, has impressed for the Cherries this season, helping them to a stellar fifth place in the Premier League. Meanwhile, the latter two have been recalled to Thomas Tuchel’s England squad after missing the last international break.
The Three Lions have already qualified for next summer’s World Cup, with two qualification games still to play.
England round off Group K with next Thursday’s Wembley encounter against Serbia and a trip to Albania three days later, with Tuchel selecting a 25-man squad for November’s camp.
Bellingham is back involved after the coach boldly overlooked the midfielder for last month’s meet-up due to a lack of rhythm and a desire to keep faith with those that impressed in September.
It led Tuchel to face questions over their relationship and the personality of a player he apologised to for saying in a June interview that his mother finds some of his on-field antics “repulsive”.
The pair will work together for the first time since then, while Man City’s Foden is back involved for the first time since the German coach’s first camp in March.
Meanwhile, striker Ollie Watkins has been dropped following a poor start to the season for Aston Villa.
Here is the full England squad for the upcoming international break:
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson, Jordan Pickford, Nick Pope
Defenders: Dan Burn, Marc Guehi, Reece James, Ezri Konsa, Nico O’Reilly, Jarrel Quansah, Djed Spence, John Stones
Midfielders: Elliot Anderson, Jude Bellingham, Declan Rice, Jordan Henderson, Morgan Rodgers, Alex Scott, Adam Wharton
Forwards: Jarrod Bowen, Eberechi Eze, Phil Foden, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka
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