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Palmer misses too many chances to impress - Tuchel

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Palmer misses too many chances to impress - Tuchel

England manager Thomas Tuchel said Cole Palmer "misses too many chances to impress" after not selecting the Chelsea forward for November's Nations League fixtures. Palmer, 24, dropped out of England's squad for their previous games in early autumn and is absent again for matches against Croatia at Wembley on Thursday, 12 November and Spain in Madrid on Sunday, 15 November. Tuchel has instead handed Fulham's Josh King and Borussia Dortmund's Jobe Bellingham their first England call-ups.

Both players are attacking midfielders. "We have enough number 10s and we stick to the guys who were in the previous camp because we were happy with the two and a half weeks we had together," said Tuchel. "We have Josh King as a new player in there, but I want to see him on both wings.

He is kind of an extra player and he can play all four positions. "We are speaking now about a player that is not in camp.