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Thomas Tuchel stated that he holds "no conflict" with Jack Grealish following the trio were omitted the England team for upcoming fixtures against Wales and Latvia.

The midfielder did not earn a recall even after recovering from a shoulder issue, whereas the Manchester City and Everton players also miss out although displaying improved form with their clubs.

The German manager revealed that the 22-year-old desired to be included of the squad, after a conversation with him on the phone.

"Bellingham is a special player, and for special players there can often be special rules," Tuchel remarked regarding the Real Madrid star, who has made just one start since coming back to full health.

"However we opted to stick with the straightforward choice of calling up the identical squad.

"Jude consistently merits to be here. There is also the situation that he has not fully regained his full rhythm again at his club - he has not completed a full game.

"He expressed a desire to be called up. We had a telephone conversation."

Tuchel made an effort to highlight his good rapport with Bellingham after he said sorry to him previously for calling his on-pitch behavior as "repulsive" in a televised interview.

The German explained that he used the words "unintentionally" and would be more cautious in future.

Inquired if he had any issue with the player, he said: "None. There is no issue either with Foden or Grealish.

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

"There exists no personal issue."

Bukayo Saka taking the place of the hurt Noni Madueke is the sole alteration to last month's team, with Loftus-Cheek and Jarell Quansah retaining their places after being last-minute call-ups last month due to injury.

England face the Welsh team in a friendly at Wembley on this Thursday before a qualifying match in the Latvian capital on October 14.

If England triumph in Latvia, they will require a maximum of two more points from their final two matches - against Albania and Serbia in November - to earn a spot in the upcoming World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

Strong Performance By Tuchel

England delivered their finest performance significantly under Tuchel's leadership when they defeated Serbia 5-0 on the road in Belgrade last time out.

The coach stated that showing made it an straightforward choice to stick with mostly the same squad, though "there exist absolutely no guarantees" for any player regarding selection.

"Our previous gathering was only a few weeks ago and the teamwork and morale was on the highest level. That is the reason we chose to invite the identical players to this session," he commented.

"Foden is in a excellent run of form. Wharton deserves to be with us. Jones and Chalobah are getting playing time with their teams.

"There are players who deserve to be here. Palmer is injured and is a special player. It will consistently remain like this.

"Is our team a stronger side with Bellingham? Yes. But I told you before, what do we do if Jude is injured before the World Cup? Do we simply give up?"

Tuchel's Media Briefing Gets Noticed

Thomas Tuchel again gave a box office news conference.

He, a master of managing his relationship with the press, began with an opening statement to set out his thinking for his decisions.

The midfielder is fit and available and expressed interest to come to camp, but the coach explained he preferred not to change the team too much after a statement five-goal win over their opponents - where the manager noted team spirit was at an all-time high.

But with him not including Bellingham, and his frequent remarks about team spirit, it is difficult to avoid connect the two - although he said multiple times how Bellingham is "exceptional" and that there is "no problem" between him and one of the national team's star players.

Tuchel has always made it evident that he wanted to make the England squad feel like a club team and, by keeping the identical selection after a statement win, he has done that. But the inquiries will arise once more in the next camp if the team win well in these next two matches.