England squad announcement reaction as Tuchel recalls Toney
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Chief football correspondent John Murray is joined by The Sunday Times’ Jonathan Northcroft and BBC Sport’s Alex Howell to reflect on Thomas Tuchel’s second England squad in charge. Hear from the England manager himself as he explains the call-up for Saudi-based Ivan Toney as well as the omissions of Phil Foden, Jarrod Bowen and Marcus Rashford. Could some time-off be exactly what Phil Foden needs? Tuchel also discusses the rollercoaster season that has earned Trevoh Chalobah his first senior call-up. Plus, are we seeing a changing of the guard in the England back-line, as no Manchester United or Manchester City players feature in the squad?
TIME CODES: 2’55 Thomas Tuchel interview 9’37 Will some time off benefit Phil Foden? 15’06 Should Ivan Toney have been called up? 18’37 Should Dominic Solanke feel hard done-by? 19’31 Trevoh Chalobah’s inspired season 19’53 A change of the guard in England’s back-line?
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| 0:51.3 | I'm John Murray. I'm looking up at the sunlit arch of Wembley |
| 0:55.5 | Stadium and this is a little bonus football daily podcast for you to react to the announcement |
| 1:01.4 | of Thomas Tuchel's second England squad for the June World Cup qualifier against Andorra |
| 1:08.1 | in Barcelona and the friendly against Senegal in Nottingham. And to |
| 1:14.1 | discuss it with me, I have Jonathan Northcroft from the Sunday Times and also my BBC colleague |
| 1:20.3 | Alex Howell. And I think it's fair to say, isn't it, you too, that the names we weren't necessarily |
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