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Jesse Lingard dropped out of England’s Euro 2020 squad

England manager Gareth Southgate has cut seven players including Jesse Lingard and Ollie Watkins from his final 26-man squad for the 2020 European Championships.

The other players who have been dropped include Mason Greenwood who earlier withdrew from the squad due to injury.

Ben Godfrey, Aaron Ramsdale, James Ward-Prowse, Ben White have also missed out on Gareth Southgate’s final 26 -man squad for the Euro 2020 tournament having originally made the 33-man provisional squad named last week.

Despite injury concerns for Jordan Henderson, Harry Maguire and Kalvin Phillips, the trio have all made the final squad.

England begin their Euros campaign against Croatia on 13 June, followed by a huge match against rivals Scotland on 18 June, rounding off Group D against the Czech Republic on 22 June.

All of England’s group games, and knockout matches if they advance, will take place at Wembley Stadium.

England’s 26-man squad in full

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Man Utd), Sam Johnstone (West Brom), Jordan Pickford (Everton)

Defenders: John Stones (Man City), Luke Shaw (Man Utd), Harry Maguire (Man Utd), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Kyle Walker (Man City), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Reece James (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Wolves), Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid)

Midfielders: Mason Mount (Chelsea), Declan Rice (West Ham), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds)

Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Raheem Sterling (Man City), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Phil Foden (Man City), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

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