Kyle Walker recalled and Dominic Solanke back after seven years as Lee Carsley axes four from England squad
Kyle Walker regained his England spot and Dominic Solanke earned a long-awaited recall as Lee Carsley named his squad for the Nations League fixtures with Greece and Finland.
Harry Maguire, Eberechi Eze, Jarrod Bowen and Tino Livramento have all been omitted having been in Carsley's first squad in September, while there is again no place for Marcus Rashford.
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While Walker returns, Solanke was a standout inclusion as the interim boss named his second Three Lions squad on Thursday.
Solanke has not played for the Three Lions in seven years, but got the call-up following an impressive start to the season for Tottenham.
Joining Spurs for a fee of £65million, Solanke has netted three goals in six games so far for Ange Postecoglou's side.
Teammate James Maddison has been left out of the squad once again and there is also no place in the group for Morgan Rogers.
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The Aston Villa star had been tipped for a call-up after a hugely impressive start to the season at Villa Park in which he has scored one and offered two assists in eight games.
There's also no place for Ivan Toney following his move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli.
Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer and Ollie Watkins all come back into the squad, having missed the September fixtures.
Morgan Gibbs-White, Noni Madueke and Angel Gomes keep their places after their first-time call-ups last month.
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England squad in full
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Newcastle United)
Defenders: Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), John Stones (Manchester City), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Rico Lewis (Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Man City).
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Angel Gomes (Lille), Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Forwards: Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Chelsea) Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
Carsley will lead England for the third and fourth time after taking over as interim boss over the summer.
He boasts a perfect record in charge of the Three Lions after recording 2-0 wins over both the Republic Of Ireland and Finland during the September international break.
While still only interim head coach, the former England under-21 boss is favourite to succeed Gareth Southgate on a permanent basis.
England's first clash with Greece takes place on the evening of Tuesday October 10, while the trip to Finland takes place on the afternoon of Sunday, October 13.
Speaking at the squad announcement at St George's Park, Carsley said of his selections. "Dom's (Solanke) a player I'm fully aware of and worked with in the past - he was close to being in the last squad.
"He's taken that form from Bournemouth into Spurs, he has a lot of attributes I like as well as being a nice person. He's extremely talented and good we've got him.
"Like all of the players it's a challenge with the squad we've got. We have so many talented players.
"We always look at finding the balance, who complements who in terms of how we play and don't get caught up in positions, it's more the attributes and how we can potentially attack the opposition.
"There's a lot of players that were close to being in the squad, the talent we have available to us.
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"It would be quite easy to name a 40-man squad and justify having them all in, but the challenge is making sure we pick a competitive squad and one where we can win the two games.
"It's just a case of using the next two camps to experiment a little bit and look at other players. The players who have been left out have all got a case to be in the squad but we saw the benefit of the other squad being fresh and feeling fresh and that it's not a copy and paste.
"I've made it completely clear to the players that this is a short-term decision from myself. We have this camp and next to just keep playing good football for their clubs."
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