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England manager Thomas Tuchel has warned Jude Bellingham and his other attacking midfielders that no one is safe when it comes to England’s World Cup squad next summer.
Bellingham was recalled to the England squad for the current international break, but was left on the substitutes bench, with Morgan Rogers preferred to the Real Madrid man in the No. 10 role.
Before the game, he insisted that his side has a plethora of options in the position, and said before the clash with Serbia that he had a tough decision ahead of him.
Speaking to ITV, he said: ‘We have some options and maybe we have to take a tough decision. First we need to come to the summer. We have matches to play and that’s where the focus is.’
Phil Foden was also among the substitutes, having also been recalled to the squad. He, though, has fierce competition too, Tuchel revealed.
‘At the moment, if we keep the structure, they cannot play,’ he said before the game of Bellingham, Foden, and Harry Kane. ‘They can, but not in the structure, not for the balance that we developed. Not for the structure that also comes with wingers who are like specialists in their positions.
There is a lot of congruence, especially in the No. 10 position, if you think about Phil can play there, you think about Jude, you think about Morgan Rogers, who played fantastic for us in this position. You have Cole Palmer, you have Morgan Gibbs-White, so there is a lot of players and there is a chance that we will not take everyone.’
Reaffirming his point before kick-off against Serbia, he said of Foden playing up front: ‘This is an option. I want him in the middle of the pitch and close to the opponents’ box.
‘He plays a deeper role for Manchester City this season which he does excellently. Maybe he will be an option for a number eight, but at the moment he is between the nine or 10.’
