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Thomas Tuchel announced his first England squad of the season earlier today ahead of their upcoming Nations League games against Spain, Croatia and two against the Czech Republic. There are no new faces to the squad, but there are recalls for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Tino Livramento, Lewis Hall, Jarrad Branthwaite, Myles Lewis-Skelley, Cole Palmer, Alex Scott, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Rio Ngumoha. This is what I think of the squad: Out of the players that have been recalled,

FRIDAY: BRENTFORD V CHELSEA Brentford are still unbeaten this season but haven't won since the opening game of the season where they comfortably eased past Spurs. They'll definitely get chances in this one because Chelsea do look open and vulnerable at the back as we saw against Hull. The blues have looked exciting to watch going forward but defensively they susceptible and have down for a while. They haven't kept a clean sheet in the league since January and if you want a re

The first England squad of the season will be announced on Friday as Thomas Tuchel looks ahead to their upcoming Nations League games over a two week international break against Spain, Croatia and two games against the Czech Republic. Many players will be looking to force their way into the squad this season whilst some will be looking to force their way back in. Especially the players who missed out on the World Cup. So which players could be pushing for an England call up?

Chelsea lack leaders in defence Chelsea have been rightly praised for their attacking play this season but whilst they're a good team to watch going forward, they've looked open and disorganised defensively. They looked all over the place defensively against Hull as their defensive issues again came back to bite them and the reason why they're vulnerable defensively is not just because of the rrors they're making, but because they lack leaders in that department. They're lack

SATURDAY: ASTON VILLA V NOTTINGHAM FOREST Villa finally found their shooting boots against Club Brugge in midweek and their win will no doubt give them some much needed confidence. Forest are still without a win under Oliver Glasner and were very unlucky not to have beaten Spurs even though it was unclear as to whether the ball came off Neco Williams' arm before it ended up in the back of the net. There might be a slight tiredness about Villa in this one as a result of them p