‘Maybe it becomes a problem’ – Tuchel sends warning to England and Arsenal star | OneFootball

England boss Thomas Tuchel has warned Arsenal full-back Myles Lewis-Skelly he must get more game time for his club if he wants to keep his place in the Three Lions squad.

The 19-year-old has again been included in the squad to face Wales and Latvia despite a lack of game time for the Gunners this season, with Riccardo Calafiori instead being preferred in the starting left-back spot.

“Maybe it becomes a problem for him, yeah,” Tuchel said when asked if a lack of game time for the youngster could be an issue in the future.

“To just be a good citizen in camp will not be enough over the course of a year.

“He was a very good player in camp, a very good team-mate in camp [last month]. But being a good team-mate in camp may not be good enough to stay the whole year with us.

“You have to perform at club level on a regular basis. In the last camp he got the credit, that I was convinced we have to take care of him and nominate him because we accelerated his career. It was our responsibility after we called him last season. So we stick to this.

“He was now part of a very successful camp so he gets the reward for that. But if you remember he was not part of the 20-man squad in the match in Serbia.

“Still, his behaviour was outstanding, even if he was not part of the squad. His training, his attitude, his attitude to push and support the guys on the pitch was outstanding and of the highest level.

“He is one of the players who benefits from this decision, from sticking with the same squad, but the performances [for Arsenal] will be a key factor in the next month. He benefits also from the proximity of the camps and that [the last one] was three weeks ago.”