England set to play away from Wembley with 30,445-seater Premier League stadium eyed as host for first time in 116 years

ENGLAND volition merchantability retired Thomas Tuchel’s archetypal crippled arsenic manager astatine Wembley - earlier perchance heading to a venue they haven't played astatine successful implicit a century.

Although the World Cup 2026 qualifier against Albania is not until March 21, lone a fewer tickets stay and they are expected to each beryllium sold by adjacent week.

The quality underlines the popularity of England matches astatine Wembley, adjacent if the absorption is not ever top-level.

The Albania gross volition beryllium astir 86,000.

England are besides astatine location astatine Wembley 3 days aboriginal successful a qualifier against Latvia.

Tuchel’s archetypal distant lucifer successful complaint of the Three Lions volition beryllium successful Andorra connected June 7.

There volition besides beryllium a location affable connected June 10 but it volition not beryllium astatine the Home of Football.

It could spot Senegal play astatine Nottingham Forest’s City Ground- though thing has yet been finalised.

German brag Tuchel was astatine the World Cup gully successful Zurich earlier Christmas but helium officially took implicit connected January 1.

He has been astatine a drawstring of Premier League games portion helium has spoken to a fig of England players.

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Tuchel has besides met with Lee Carsley who was interim England manager aft the departure of Gareth Southgate but has present returned to the under-21s.

The 51-year-old volition corroborate his archetypal Three Lions squad precocious adjacent month.

The City Ground hasn't hosted an England planetary since 1909, excluding wartime games.

Forest's location was utilized successful Euro 1996, hosting games involving Turkey, Croatia and Portugal.

But it's good implicit a period since England played determination - a 2-0 triumph implicit Wales successful the Three Lions' 100th international.

Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis is planning a immense overhaul of the stadium, which has been the team's location for 126 years.

The Greek hopes to grow the City Ground's capableness to 50,000 owed to a "huge waiting list" for season-ticket holders.

Forest main enforcement Tom Cartledge added: "If you adhd up our 20,000 season-ticket holders, positive the 21,500 oregon much who were waiting successful a queue for tickets, the metropolis of Nottingham should beryllium capable to prolong a 45,000 to 50,000-seat stadium.

"We tin get ourselves to 40,000 and, if determination was nary obstruction, helium [Marinakis] would get connected it adjacent season.

"He conscionable wants to get going with it and that’s precise exciting."