England interim manager Lee Carsley seems to have taken the UEFA Nations League very seriously, judging by the squad he opted for. Still, there are various changes compared to his previous choice. Tottenham’s duo had different fortunes – Dominic Solanke got a call-up for the first time after seven years and his 15-minute debut, while James Maddison was overlooked for the third consecutive national team action.Harry Maguire, Jarrod Bowen, Valentino Livramento, and Eberechi Eze are also crossed out and replaced by Noni Madueke, Morgan Gibbs-White, Levi Colwill, and Angel Gomes – the quartet Carsley regularly worked with at England’s U-21 team. All the other noteworthy names for the Three Lions are there, including Kyle Walker and Jude Bellingham, who missed the September matches due to injuries. In this UEFA Nations League action, England will face Greece at Wembley and Finland in Helsinki.ENGLAND UNL SQUAD:Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Newcastle)Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Rico Lewis (Man City), John Stones (Man City), Kyle Walker (Man City)Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Phil Foden (Man City), Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Angel Gomes (Lille), Kobbie Mainoo (Man United), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Declan Rice (Arsenal)Forwards: Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Jack Grealish (Man City), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Chelsea), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)Ready to go again. 🦁🦁🦁— England (@England) October 3, 2024 Regarding Didider Deschamps’ choice, the most significant change is the absence of Kylian Mbappe due to injury and Antoine Griezmann, who announced his retirement from international football. Hence, France lost another member of the “golden generation” that won the 2018 FIFA World Cup after Karim Benzema, Hugo Lloris, Olivier Giroud, and Raphael Varane all previously said goodbye to the blue jersey.Real Madrid’s star is one of three injured players who’ll miss the upcoming national team action, alongside his Los Blancos teammate Ferland Mendy and Inter Milan’s Benjamin Pavard. Conversely, Aston Villa’s Lucas Digne and Chelsea’s duo of Wesley Fofana and Christopher Nkunku are called up. According to Deschamps, Olympique Marseille’s latest acquisition and another 2018 World Champion, Adrien Rabiot, is close to returning to the national team. France will play two UEFA Nations League clashes in October against Israel in Budapest and Belgium in Brussels.FRANCE UNL SQUAD:Goalkeepers: Mike Maignan (AC Milan), Alphonse Areola (West Ham), Brice Samba (Lens)Defenders: Theo Hernandez (AC Milan), Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool), Jules Kounde (Barcelona), William Saliba (Arsenal), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich), Jonathan Clauss (Marseille), Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), Wesley Fofana (Chelsea)Midfielders: Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid), Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan), Matteo Guendouzi (Lazio), Manu Kone (Roma), Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), Warren Zaire-Emery (PSG)Forwards: Ousmane Dembele (PSG), Randal Kolo Muani (PSG), Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan), Bradley Barcola (PSG), Christopher Nkunku (Chelsea), Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)📋 The French Squad List for our next 2️⃣ Nations League matches 🙌#FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/lOJy6Bw76I— French Team ⭐⭐ (@FrenchTeam) October 3, 2024 Julian Nagelsmann’s decisions only sprung a few surprises. He crossed out Niclas Fullkrug and Marc-Andre ter Stegen due to injuries and left out Borussia Dortmund’s duo of Emre Can and Maximilian Beier. Conversely, Real Madrid’s Antonio Rudiger is back on the team, just like Bayern’s Serge Gnabry, who was called up for the first time this year. To return?! But I retired like a month ago…Problems in the attack and Fullkrug’s injury forced Nagelsmann to include a potential debutant in the squad – Borussia Monchengladbach’s Tim Kleindienst, scorer of two goals in five Bundesliga games, who joined the club from western Germany in July from Heidenheim. Die Manschaft is in for UNL duels with Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica and the Netherlands at home in Munich.Here’s our squad set to face Bosnia and Herzegovina & the Netherlands in the #NationsLeague 🖤❤️💛#DFB #GermanFootball #GermanMNT pic.twitter.com/L6pGh6tUZ7— German Football (@DFB_Team_EN) October 3, 2024 GERMANY UNL SQUAD:Goalkeepers: Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Janis Blaswich (RB Salzburg), Alexander Nubel (Stuttgart)Defenders: Waldemar Anton (Dortmund), Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), Maximilian Mittelstadt (Stuttgart), David Raum (RB Leipzig), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid), Nico Schlotterbeck (Dortmund), Jonathan Tah (Leverkusen)Midfielders: Robert Andrich (Leverkusen), Chris Fuhrich (Stuttgart), Pascal Gross (Dortmund), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Aleksandar Pavlovic (Bayern Munich), Angelo Stiller (Stuttgart), Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen)Forwards: Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), Kai Havertz (Arsenal), Deniz Undav (Stuttgart), Tim Kleindienst (Monchengladbach)##NAJAVA_MECA_8380365##
