Injury robs England of Bellingham
Jude Bellingham and Lewis Dunk have been ruled out of England's Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia.
Real Madrid-bound midfielderbell ingham is still suffering with the hamstring injury that sidelined him for Borussia Dortmund’s heart-breaking season finale,when they let slip the bun d es li ga title by drawing 2-2 at home to Mainz.
The 19-year-old will report to St George’s Park to receive further treatment, but will play no part in either match, a team statement confirmed.
Brighton defender Dunk has withdrawn from the squad through injury and will not travel to the national football centre – the only player from Gareth South gate’ s original 25- man squad who is not now due to join up.
England players began to gather at St George’s Park yesterday, preparing for Friday’s trip to face Malta and Monday’s game with North Macedonia at Old Trafford.
West Ham’s Declan Rice, who lifted the Europa Conference League trophy in midweek, will join in the coming days, as will the five players from Manchester City’s Champions Leaguewinning squad.
Jack g real ish, john stones, Phil Foden, Kyle Walker and K alvin phillips are all expected to be part of City’s bus parade in Manchester today before reporting for duty.
In a video posted on England’ s social media accounts yesterday, Southgate said: “We’ve a little less training than we would have liked, but today was an important session in terms of players getting back into their football movements. They all keep themselves in good shape, but you’ re not training with the team in that period and you have to adapt your body back to the rhythm.”