You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Datawrapper cookies or to allow those cookies just once. Tuchel's biggest decision for his World Cup squad is still to be made: which of the abundance of No 10 talents will and won't go to the tournament. So, across this split squad, we will see Cole Palmer and Phil Foden vying for the role against Uruguay. This is a young boy who has his GCSEs this summer - with the exam season clashing with England's first two World Cup games. Theo Walcott was picked for the 2006 World Cup despite never kicking a ball in the Premier League.

Source: Sky sports March 20, 2026 15:52 UTC