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England summon Branthwaite and Gordon as Phillips left out
JARRAD BRANTHWAITE and Anthony Gordon today received their first England call-ups but there was no place for Kalvin Phillips in Gareth Southgate’s last squad before making his Euro 2024 selection.
Joe Gomez, who won the last of his 11 senior caps in October 2020, has returned from the international wilderness for March’s Wembley friendlies against Belgium and Brazil.
Ivan Toney is back involved at the first opportunity after serving an eight-month FA betting ban, but Raheem Sterling was conspicuous by his absence once again.
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