FIFA World Cup 2018: England boss Gareth Southgate 'excited' about squad

Englandrsquos Kyle Walker left Dele Alli and Danny Welbeck right during a training session recentlyGareth Southgate has named a bold World Cup squad focused on promise rather than experience Uncapped Trent AlexanderArnold is celebrating a maiden England callup but Adam Lallana Joe Hart and Jack Wilshere miss out After months of speculation scrutiny and conjecture the 23 men charged with bringing the country success in Russia were revealed yesterday afternoon along with the fivestrong standby list for the tournamentHart Wilshere droppedEnglands joint secondmost capped goalkeeper Hart was excluded as were Arsenal midfielder Wilshere and Southampton leftback Ryan Bertrand mdash but Lallana provided the biggest shock While the Liverpool attacking midfielder has not started an EPL match since New Years Day he is a favourite of Southgate However his lack of fitness means he has to settle with a standby place alongside Jake Livermore Tom Heaton James Tarkowski and Lewis CookEngland boss Gareth SouthgateReprieve for CahillGary Cahill received a surprise reprieve having been excluded from Marchs squad But the most striking inclusion is uncapped teenager AlexanderArnold An impressive performer in Liverpools run to the Champions League final the defender 19 briefly trained with Southgates side in March and has now been named in the senior squad for the first time The other uncapped squad member is Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope having been selected ahead of Hart to take the third spot behind Jordan Pickford and Jack ButlandRuben LoftusCheek was rewarded for his fine form with versatile Fabian Delph coming in after winning the title at Manchester City I believe this is a squad which we can be excited about England manager Southgate said It is a young group but with some really important senior players so I feel the balance of the squad is good both in terms of its experience its character and also the positional balance We have a lot of energy and athleticism in the team but players that are equally comfortable in possession of the ball and I think people can see the style of play weve been looking to developEnglandrsquos 2018 FIFA World Cup squadGoalkeepers Jack Butland Stoke Jordan Pickford Everton Nick Pope Burnley Defenders Trent AlexanderArnold Liverpool Gary Cahill Chelsea Fabian Delph Man City Phil Jones Man United Harry Maguire Leicester Danny Rose Tottenham John Stones Man City Kieran Trippier Tottenham Kyle Walker Man City Ashley Young Man United Midfielders Dele Alli Tottenham Eric Dier Tottenham Jordan Henderson Liverpool Jesse Lingard Man United Ruben LoftusCheek Chelsea Forwards Harry Kane Tottenham Marcus Rashford Man United Raheem Sterling Man City Jamie Vardy Leicester Danny Welbeck ArsenalKey datesJune 2 v Nigeria friendlyJune 7 v Costa Rica friendlyJune 12 Squad leaves for RussiaJune 18 v Tunisia opening group gameJune 24 v Panama second group gameJune 28 v Belgiumfinal group gameCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever