England injury woes deepen as Nico O'Reilly returns to Manchester City

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·1 October 2026

Nico O'Reilly has left England's camp and returned to Manchester City for further assessment of an injury.

The federation announced that he had departed the Three Lions set-up.

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It follows early-camp withdrawals for Declan Rice, Cole Palmer, Kobbie Mainoo, Marcus Rashford and Tino Livramento.

There had been hope the international, capped 13 times, would be available for Friday's Nations League meeting with Croatia at 18:00.

That player was rested for the 2-0 win over Czechia on Tuesday because of the same issue.

Source: L'Équipe

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