WHY Lewis-Skelly has been left out | Thomas Tuchel | England squad announcement

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Thomas Tuchel spoke after announcing his England squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. He spoke about Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden coming back into the squad and Myles Lewis-Skelly being left out. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 intro 0:10 Delighted to have Foden and Bellingham back. They have played a big role for their clubs lately. Phil Foden is best on the half turn, in the pockets, he is not a winger. Bellingham is a 10 who can score goals like a 9. 2:52 Alex Scott and Adam Wharton are different profiles and different positions. Anderson did well for us but he plays through pain and discomfort at the moment. We added Adam to the squad because we need to learn about him. 5:09 Nobody is up against anyone in this squad. We should work as a team, the players should bring out the best in each other. The players know where they are competing. 6:42 Myles Lewis-Skelly was a very good teammate, it is about competition and performance. He got outperformed by Nico Reilly. Same with Morgan Gibbs-White, James Trafford and Rube Loftus-Cheek. 8:01 Bellingham accepted the decision being left out. I will not reveal my confidential conversations with players. It is not a surprise for him to be playing in the number 10 position for us. 9:04 We are always here to support Bellingham. He is still young, it feels like he is 26 or 28 but he’s still young. 9:50 Nobody needs to be nervous, we have a lot of good strikers. Watkins is playing through discomfort at the moment, didn’t make sense to bring him to camp in this condition. We don’t have a clear number 9 profile aside from Kane in the squad. Gordon and Rashford have played there. Foden can play up front too. 11:45 More of the same please in this international break. If we had to win both games I would have selected the same squad as before. The door is never closed on anyone else though. The new players this time have to make sure they are valuable to the squad. 13:46 Bellingham and others all demand high standards from the rest of the squad. 14:40 Harry Kane does n