Sessegnon may be handed wild card to the World Cup

Alexander-arnold could also be in England squad Southgate has to register 35 players on Monday

Gareth Southgate is weighing up whether to include Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-arnold and Ryan Sessegnon, of Fulham, in his provisional 35-man England World Cup squad which will be submitted in private to Fifa on Monday, before the final 23 are announced later next week at Wembley.

The England manager is obliged to give the governing body 35 names by Monday night and will then present his final selection of 23 at Wembley on either Wednesday or Thursday, along with those on standby. Those who are named in the 35-man squad – but not the final 23 next week – will not be told unless they are placed on standby to take part in the pre-tournament training camp.

Southgate will need answers on the fitness of a number of players, including Kieran Trippier who came off with a thigh injury playing for Tottenham Hotspur against Newcastle United on Wednesday night.

Neither the FA nor Fifa will publish the names of those submitted on Monday, although Southgate is expected to make some calls ahead of the 23-man squad announcement. The standby players will come out of the 12 excess selections and they will attend the training camps at St George’s Park and the Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire.

The England manager is already without Alex Oxlade-chamberlain and Joe Gomez, and there are doubts over whether Adam Lallana will be fit.

The Spurs squad were given a day off by Mauricio Pochettino on Wednesday and Trippier’s injury will be assessed before their final game of the season against Leicester City tomorrow.

The big question facing Southgate is whether he will dip into the group of young uncapped players at his disposal, including the likes of Alexander-arnold, Sessegnon, Jadon Sancho and Ademola Lookman who have played for junior England teams. Ben Chilwell is another, currently injured, who could be promoted from the Under-21s.

If Trippier’s injury is serious then the door is opened to Alexanderarnold who is expected to start for Liverpool in the Champions League final. There are big decisions to be made over Jack Wilshere, who missed the March friendly against Holland having been recalled by Southgate. The England manager is not expected to change his mind about Jonjo Shelvey who he did not select in March, or Chris Smalling

The mood is that when it comes to the final 23, the England manager is keen to stick with those with whom he has secured qualification for Russia and that, as things stand, there will not be a place for those uncapped players.

Southgate believes that he has a core who are accustomed to the way that he wants to play and have been through the process of training and team meetings. Those who have been given caps this season, such as Ruben Loftus-cheek and Lewis Cook would be under consideration and have a chance of being in the final 23.