England could be without SIX major stars for Lee Carsley swansong as Liverpool ace to return

England are without a fig of injured stars - including John Stones and Cole Palmer - arsenic Lee Carsley prepares to sanction his last squad with the Three Lions successful request of wins

Lee Carsley is facing a large wounded situation with up to SIX England regulars already large doubts for this month’s Nations League fixtures.

Stand-in brag Carsley volition sanction his squad connected Thursday for the games with Greece and Republic of Ireland and they indispensable triumph them some to realistically basal a accidental of England topping their Group.

England could beryllium without Harry Maguire, Jack Grealish, John Stones, Kobbie Mainoo, Declan Rice and Cole Palmer who are each fittingness worries up of this weekend.

Maguire is acceptable to miss retired with a calf problem, Stones has a ft injury, Mainoo has not played since earlier the past planetary break. Grealish is besides missing portion Rice (foot) and Palmer (knee) are doubts for Sunday’s London derby betwixt Chelsea and Arsenal.

England are apt to see Liverpool ’s in-form Curtis Jones - who got promoted past period - and besides Tino Livramento who whitethorn beryllium up of Newcastle teammate Lewis Hall successful the pecking order.

Thomas Tuchel takes implicit arsenic England brag from January 1 and volition person nary input into this squad, volition not be either crippled and is not adjacent going to the World Cup qualifying gully connected December 13.

England desperately request to triumph their Group and look a pugnacious task, having mislaid to Greece astatine Wembley past month. But if they extremity up going into a play-off adjacent March it volition lone adhd to adjacent year’s fixture chaos.

FA chiefs indispensable hold to observe however galore teams volition beryllium successful their World Cup qualifying Group and whether they tin organise 1 oregon 2 end-of-season friendlies successful the United States adjacent June.

FIFA person adjacent yet to corroborate details of the World Cup qualifying gully successful Geneva adjacent period with nationalist associations successful the acheronian implicit whether it volition beryllium a nationalist lawsuit oregon adjacent if coaches are expected to attend.

England person sold their 3,500 allocation for the crippled successful Athens connected November 17 - they play Ireland 3 days aboriginal - and had 10,299 applications.

Meanwhile, Uefa has fined the English FA and the Football Association of Ireland aft the nationalist anthems were booed earlier the Republic of Ireland played England successful the Nations League successful September.

European football's governing assemblage imposed a £10,500 good (12,500 euros) connected the Football Association (FA) pursuing England fans' booing of Amhran na bhFiann astatine Aviva Stadium. The FA was besides fined £4,150 (5,000 euros) for a protagonist coming connected to the tract of play.

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