Thomas Tuchel explains decision to leave Real Madrid’s Trent Alexander-Arnold out of England squad | OneFootball

England head coach Thomas Tuchel has provided an explanation for his decision to leave Real Madrid star Trent Alexander-Arnold out of his latest squad.

This comes amid backlash on the part of sections of both the Three Lions and Real fanbase.

Alexander-Arnold has spent recent weeks working his way back to both fitness and form, to establish himself as an important member of new Blancos boss Álvaro Arbeloa’s backline.

With Reece James sidelined at present through injury, the widespread expectation was therefore that TAA would be afforded a call-up for the upcoming March international break.

Thomas Tuchel, however, instead opted for a right-back trio of Djed Spence, Tino Livramento and Jarell Quansah.

Speaking to the media in the aftermath of his latest squad being unveiled, the subject of Alexander-Arnold’s absence was therefore inevitably put to England’s headmaster himself.

And Tuchel went on to explain:

“I know what Trent can give us, and we decided to stick with our players. I know his strengths, he’s a huge player but It’s a sporting decision… we stick with Quansah, Spence, Livramento.”

Conor Laird – GSFN