JUDE BELLINGHAM is set to be included in Thomas Tuchel’s latest England squad tomorrow.
The Real Madrid midfielder, 22, who has not played for the Three Lions since June, is set to return for the World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania with Tuchel to name his squad at Wembley in the morning.
Bellingham, 22, last played in the 3-1 home defeat to Senegal at the City Ground in Nottingham but missed the qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia as he was sidelined after undergoing a shoulder operation.
Yet controversially, along with Phil Foden and Jack Grealish, Bellingham was not included in the squad for last month’s games against Wales and Latvia even though he was back playing for Real.
But being named in the squad will be a big relief for Bellingham who has admitted he was unsure whether he would definitely be back in the fold.
Bellingham and Tuchel’s relationship was put under strain in the summer when the manager claimed that his star’s attitude could sometimes come across as “repulsive”.
Tuchel apologised but did not speak at length to Bellingham.
Tuchel defended his selections last month saying he wanted to keep with the squad which won 5-0 in Serbia.
The German said: “It doesn’t count what we did in the last camp? I have proof that last camp was our best camp. I stick with the squad.”
Bellingham was booed by Liverpool fans in his 1-0 loss at Anfield on Tuesday and he will be on a mission to win back his place in Tuchel’s starting XI.
BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS
England have already qualified for next summer’s World Cup. They are at home to Serbia on Thursday before travelling to Tirana to face Albania three days later.
Manchester City midfielder Foden, who scored twice in Wednesday’s 3-0 win over Dortmund, is also hoping to return to the squad but there are unlikely to be many other major changes.
