Ruben Loftus-Cheek has been awarded his first England call-up in seven years after Thomas Tuchel’s squad suffered an harm blow.
The AC Milan midfielder was known as upon for the upcoming worldwide clashes in opposition to Andorra and Serbia after Adam Wharton was compelled to tug out of the squad with an adductor harm.
Wharton was dealt the harm in Crystal Palace’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday night, hobbling off within the second half at Villa Park.
Oliver Glasner confirmed Wharton must withdraw from the England camp post-match, saying: “Hopefully, it’s not too severe. We’ll make scans tomorrow so that they (Wharton and Ismaila Sarr) can’t go to the nationwide groups after which let’s see.”
This opened the door for Loftus-Cheek to re-enter the fray, with Tuchel calling upon the 29-year-old to fill in, though this hasn’t but been formally confirmed by the FA.
Loftus-Cheek has not featured for the Three Lions since November 2018, when he was nonetheless a rising star at Chelsea. He was known as up in March 2019 however withdrew from choice.
The midfielder has since left Stamford Bridge and is now into his third season on the San Siro, the place he has established himself as an everyday fixture. He has made 71 appearances for the Rossoneri, scoring 11 objectives and notching three assists.
Whereas his final season was stricken by accidents, he has began the brand new marketing campaign in good type and netted in Friday’s 2-0 win at Lecce.
Loftus-Cheek has performed 10 instances for England and is in line so as to add to that tally over the approaching fortnight, with England again at Wembley to face Andorra on 6 September.
