England's 2022 World Cup squad: Who should Gareth Southgate take to Qatar?

England brag Gareth Southgate won't person the accustomed pre-tournament build-up clip to enactment with his squad

England brag Gareth Southgate names his 26-man World Cup squad connected Thursday - truthful what are the main talking points?

The World Cup runs from 20 November to 18 December.

Read what the issues are and person your say.

Who volition instrumentality vantage of full-back injuries?

Will Kyle Walker beryllium acceptable successful time?

Gareth Southgate initially named 4 right-backs successful his Euro 2020 squad (although Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold was ruled retired done wounded afterwards)

Alexander-Arnold's patchy signifier this play means helium could person been successful information of exclusion for Qatar.

But it each depends connected the wounded presumption of Manchester City's Kyle Walker and Chelsea's Reece James, who person some been retired for immoderate time.

Walker has not played successful implicit a period and has had groin surgery, portion James was practically ruled retired with a genu wounded past period but has since started jogging and could yet beryllium fit.

Newcastle's Kieran Trippier is the lone right-back who tin beryllium beauteous definite of being connected the plane. Ben White, who has spent overmuch of his vocation successful cardinal defence, has played the full play astatine right-back for Arsenal truthful could beryllium an enactment too.

Southampton right-back Kyle Walker-Peters, who won 2 caps this year, is besides ruled out.

The biggest contented is present astatine left-back, with Chelsea's Ben Chilwell ruled retired with a hamstring injury.

That would permission Manchester United's Luke Shaw arsenic the lone regular enactment successful that position.

Leicester City's James Justin, Crystal Palace's Tyrick Mitchell, Brentford's Rico Henry, Tottenham's Ryan Sessegnon, Newcastle United's Dan Burn and West Ham United's Aaron Cresswell are immoderate of the alternatives.

Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi tin besides play connected the left, which boosts his hopes of a call-up.

Harry Maguire, contempt struggling to get a crippled for Manchester United, and Manchester City's John Stones are definite to go.

Other cardinal antiaircraft candidates are Tottenham's Eric Dier, Everton's Conor Coady and Milan's Fikayo Tomori. Roma's Chris Smalling and Everton's James Tarkowski would beryllium bolters.

Who could beryllium a wildcard successful midfield oregon the wing?

Can Jude Bellingham marque himself a teenage World Cup star?

Several midfielders are automatically connected the level - Liverpool's Jordan Henderson, West Ham's Declan Rice, Borussia Dortmund's Jude Bellingham, Chelsea's Mason Mount and Manchester City's Phil Foden.

Who other could spell arsenic a cardinal midfielder? Southampton skipper and set-piece specializer James Ward-Prowse, oregon however astir Conor Gallagher of Chelsea?

City's Kalvin Phillips could yet beryllium connected the level if helium recovers from a enarthrosis injury successful time, though helium has not played since September.

With a 26-man squad allowed alternatively of the accustomed 23 players, Southgate has the enactment to bring successful a wildcard oregon two.

A 2022 Theo Walcott if you will. Although bringing Walcott would beryllium a existent surprise...

Among those generating the astir sound are Leicester's attacking midfielder James Maddison, who won his lone headdress successful 2019, and Crystal Palace's uncapped winger Eberechi Eze.

Another campaigner could beryllium West Ham's Jarrod Bowen.

On the wing, Chelsea's Raheem Sterling is inactive surely going to spell contempt his iffy signifier this season. Bukayo Saka of Arsenal is besides expected to go. Manchester City's Jack Grealish looks much apt to get the motion than Manchester United's Jadon Sancho.

Who volition spell with Kane up front?

Harry Kane is going to Qatar, but who volition the different strikers be?

The large question is who goes arsenic back-up to (or possibly to play alongside) Harry Kane up front?

England skipper Kane, who won the 2018 World Cup Golden Boot, is simply a guaranteed starter.

Marcus Rashford's rebirth astatine Manchester United this play has made him a beardown contender, contempt not playing for England since Euro 2020.

Brentford striker Ivan Toney is generating a batch of sound astatine the moment, with a load of Premier League goals successful 2022 and a fantastic punishment record. He has netted each 20 penalties helium has taken for the Bees.

Newcastle's Callum Wilson and Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin person returned from wounded successful clip to beryllium successful contention - though Calvert-Lewin picked up a sound past weekend.

Tammy Abraham has lone scored 3 goals for Roma this season, which whitethorn beryllium a problem.

Who volition beryllium the back-up goalkeeper?

Jordan Pickford volition commencement successful extremity for England barring injuries - but who volition beryllium connected the seat with Nick Pope?

Everton's Jordan Pickford and Newcastle's Nick Pope are the undoubted archetypal and second-choice England keepers successful that order.

But the question is who goes with them?

Aaron Ramsdale, who has helped Arsenal to the apical of the Premier League title, volition anticipation to beryllium connected the level to Qatar.

At the different extremity of the table, Dean Henderson is yet getting regular crippled clip connected indebtedness astatine Nottingham Forest from Manchester United. However helium has conceded much goals than immoderate different Premier League keeper this season.

Fraser Forster and Sam Johnstone were some named successful England squads earlier this twelvemonth but with nary Premier League appearances this season, neither subordinate volition beryllium going to Qatar.

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