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Forest have no plans to sack Postecoglou; Foden out, Saka in for England: football – live

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Forest have no plans to sack Postecoglou; Foden out, Saka in for England: football – live

11.20am BST

More from Tuchel: “Bellingham always deserves to be in the camp” but “he has not fully gathered his rhythm at Real Madrid” and has only started one match so is not back to full strength.”

“There is also no problem between me and Jack Grealish and me and Phil Foden.”

“Phil is back influencing and deciding games for Manchester City. Jack is very close to being back to the best version of himself.

“There is no personal problem.”

“These were not awkward conversations [with players]. They were straightforward conversations.”

The last camp was only three and a half weeks ago and the team work and spirit was on the highest level. That is why we decided to invite the same group to this camp.

“There are players out who deserve to be with us and they can get back in through performance. This is the best and most straightforward decision.”

11.09am BST

“To just be a good citizen in camp will not be enough,” says Tuchel, in relation to Myles Lewis-Skelly. “We accelerated his career.”

11.07am BST

“There are some players who deserve to be with us,” says Tuchel, who has praised Foden, Grealish and Wharton. He’s decided to keep largely the same squad as “they deserve to be in camp”.

11.05am BST

Press conference with Thomas Tuchel.

Thomas Tuchel says Jude Bellingham
has not been called up because he lacks “rhythm” due to a lack of games. “He wanted to be called up, he just lacks rhythm.”

10.56am BST

How long will Russell Martin last? Rangers lost 2-1 to Sturm Graz, and he had this to say.

“The difference from the first half-hour to the next 60 minutes was too far apart really,” the head coach said. “It’s concentration, it’s mentality.

“I’m frustrated because we give away two poor goals, soft goals. We did so much work on them recently. We were just not alive. We hurt ourselves because they didn’t create anything from open play. It’s hurtful and frustrating.”

10.41am BST

Some scathing words for someone or other at Manchester United from Antony, their former winger, now at Real Betis.

Antony was speaking to ESPN Brasil: “I’m not the kind of guy who gets involved in controversies, who names people, in fact, I won’t mention anyone’s name here.”

“But I think there was a bit of a lack of respect there, even a bit of rudeness too, with no one giving you a ‘good morning’, a ‘good afternoon’.

“Not even that. But, anyway, that’s in the past, I won’t give much importance to these things. Now I’m here, at Betis, I’m living here, that’s the most important thing for me.”
“I am a man who accepts my responsibilities. I think off-field matters affected me a lot, in my performance. I know my potential, I know my qualities, I didn’t play in a World Cup for nothing, I didn’t return to the national team for nothing.

“I also take responsibility for it not working out, for not performing as I wanted. But I always try to see the bright side of things, going through this entire process, this time at United, was necessary to see myself.”

10.29am BST

Another international manager with his selections being questioned is Mauricio Pochettino for the USMNT.

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10.26am BST

Here’s Jacob Steinberg’s snap report on that Tuchel selection.

Related: Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden left out of England squad but Bukayo Saka returns

10.08am BST

Thomas Tuchel is due to speak at 11am. No Bellingham, no Foden, no Grealish, no Wharton. Some explaining to do?

Noni Madueke and Tino Livramento are both missing with injury. From the last squad, Jarell Quansah and Bukayo Saka come in.

Updated at 10.09am BST

10.04am BST

England squad is here - no Bellingham, no Foden

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), James Trafford (Manchester City)

Defenders: Dan Burn (Newcastle United), Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur), John Stones (Manchester City)

Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Milan), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa)

Forwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona, loan from Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

Updated at 10.08am BST

9.38am BST

Ben Fisher has been speaking to a key summer signing for Bournemouth, who appear to be even better than last season.

Related: Bournemouth’s Adrien Truffert: ‘It is important to do something outside of football, change your mindset’

9.35am BST

Arne Slot has admitted: “We need to do better.”

He’s been speaking about Alexander Isak: “I said to him when he started, the difficult thing will be you will have the appearances, but if you add the minutes together he will only have two or three appearances. That’s a situation we had from him, not training at Newcastle. But he still has a goal. The main thing is him adjusting to his new team-mates and his new team-mates adjusting to him.”

9.33am BST

Postecoglou safe - for now

As of 9am this morning, Nottingham Forest had no plans to sack Ange Postecoglou but the unpredictable nature of the club and its owner Evangelos Marinakis means that things can change quickly. The fans made their voices known on Thursday, calling for the exit of the man who replaced an East Midlands hero and it is difficult to turn the tide once that happens.

Postecoglou is Marinakis’ man, the owner having lined him up long before Nuno Espirito Santo was sent packing. Everyone at Forest expected a period of transition but to be winless in six matches and losing at home to Sunderland and Midtjylland were not part of the thoughts when he arrived last month. The Australian was always going to change the style but he has his way of playing, which is very different to his predecessor, so there is an acceptance that these things take time. Patience, however, is not a trait often seen at Forest. The next three Premier League games are against Newcastle, Chelsea and Bournemouth, so things are not going to get easier for Postecoglou.

9.24am BST

Alisson out for Liverpool

Arne Slot has been speaking to the media:

“Alisson is not part of the squad tomorrow and he won’t travel to Brazil for the national team. Hugo [Ekitike] is going to train again today, let’s see where he is. The same can be said for Frederico [Chiesa]. It depends on how fast the recovery goes.

“I will be surprised if he [Alisson] will be there for the first game after the international break. From there on things can go a bit faster a bit slower. It’s difficult to say. I’m not a doctor so I cannot tell you if it is the same injury.”

Giorgi Mamardashvili will play instead of Alisson.

“I think we’ve seen against Southampton how well he’s adjusted. We knew we were bringing in a very good goalkeeper. When he plays his first game that’s a way of seeing he’s adjusted really well to our club. It’s not a surprise because he’s a quality goalkeeper. Now he can do what we’ve had to do so many times in the past replacing Alisson, like we’ve done so many times before.”

9.19am BST

Here’s our usual lookahead, including to tonight’s game at Bournemouth.

Unbeaten in the league since their Friday night opener at Anfield, Bournemouth’s early momentum has been stalled by consecutive draws: at home to Newcastle and at Leeds last week. Fulham visit the Vitality on Friday, offering Andoni Iraola’s side a presentable chance of recapturing winning ways and going second in the table. After a turbulent summer, Iraola has sought consistency in his team selection. Trailing 2-1 at Leeds, the Bournemouth manager made a triple change to restore three usual starters – David Brooks, Alex Scott and Marcus Tavernier – to his XI and was rewarded with a late leveller. Bournemouth have also maintained defensive stability, conceding just once in four games between the trips to Liverpool and Leeds. Marcos Senesi, often playing in an otherwise brand-new back five, has been key to the team’s continuity. The centre-back earned praise from Iraola for his defensive work and threat at attacking set-pieces – as evidenced by his headed assist for Eli Junior Kroupi’s equaliser at Elland Road. Niall McVeigh

Related: Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

9.09am BST

It was a good night for the other English clubs in Europe. And a bad night for the Scottish clubs.

Related: Crystal Palace extend unbeaten run as Muñoz gets European tilt off to flying start

Related: Europa League roundup: McGinn seals Villa win as Rangers and Celtic lose

Updated at 9.12am BST

9.06am BST

Ben Fisher was at the City Ground last night to see the fans turn on Big Ange.

The scenes were close to extraordinary on a sobering evening, thousands of home supporters singing: “You’re getting sacked in the morning.” Then the same fans twisted the knife a little deeper, singing the name of his predecessor Nuno Espírito Santo, with several turning towards Evangelos Marinakis, the owner watching on with his own giant private television in the directors’ box. This made for grim viewing.

Related: Nottingham Forest fans call for Postecoglou axe after 23 days following European defeat

9.00am BST

Preamble

All is not well at Nottingham Forest. In fact, it’s not working out at all for Ange Postecoglou. Being barracked after six games is going some. Such is the wisdom of sacking a folk hero in Nuno. We’ll have reaction to that, and the rest of the Europa action ahead of a full Premier League weekend.

Friday

  • Bournemouth v Fulham (8pm)

Saturday

  • Leeds v Tottenham

  • Arsenal v West Ham

  • Manchester United v Sunderland

  • Chelsea v Liverpool

Sunday

  • Aston Villa v Burnley

  • Newcastle v Nottingham Forest

  • Wolves v Brighton

  • Everton v Crystal Palace

  • Brentford v Manchester City

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