Alex Scott has received his maiden senior call-up for England’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania.
Scott’s call-up comes after a solid start to the season with Bournemouth and marks his first senior call-up, following his involvement in this summer’s UEFA Euro Under-21s success.
Jude Bellingham is also back in the squad in two midfield changes from October’s call-ups as Morgan Gibbs-White and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are snubbed, with Bellingham returning after a period on the sidelines due to injury.
Reece James withdrew from last month’s squad due to injury but is back in the fold as Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly drops out, whilst James’ replacement last month – Nico O’Reilly has retained his spot in the squad.
Ollie Watkins missed England’s win in Latvia as a precaution after he suffered a knock with the goalpost in their friendly victory over Wales, but has been dropped from this month’s squad in favour of the in-form Phil Foden who had been absent for the last three international windows.
Danny Welbeck however misses out after calls from pundits and fans alike after his impressive start to the season for Brighton, in which he netted six goals in 10 league matches.
Thomas Tuchel named an unchanged goalkeeping pair of Dean Henderson plus Jordan Pickford alongside the returning Nick Pope, who replaces James Trafford.
Tuchel’s Three Lions will host Serbia at Wembley Stadium, London, on Thursday 13 November at 7:45pm BST, before visiting Albania in Tirana in their final qualifier on Sunday 16 November at 6pm CET (5pm GMT).
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Newcastle United)
Defence: Dan Burn (Newcastle), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham), John Stones (Manchester City)
Midfield: Elliott Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Alex Scott (Bournemouth), Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)
Forward: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)