England manager Gareth Southgate has gone with a youthful look for his World Cup squad which he announced on Wednesday. Southgate has put his trust in youngsters like Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ruben Loftus-Cheek who has been out on loan at Crystal Palace from Chelsea this season.
The big notable omission from the squad is goalkeeper Joe Hart who has been left behind and not even included in the standby list. Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere who has had more injury problems this season, has been overlooked as well.
There appears to be plenty of useful energy and pace in the squad with the likes of Marcus Rashford, Raheem Sterling and Jesse Lingard. England are at 18/1 odds to win the 2018 World Cup* (Betting Odds taken at 5:27 p.m. on May 16th, 2018) in Russia. The opening game for the Three Lions is on Monday, June 18 when they take on Tunisia. England will also face Belgium and Panama in World Cup group G. England are 13/10 odds to win their group* (Betting Odds taken at 5:27 p.m. on May 16th, 2018).
Goalkeepers: Jack Butland, Jordan Pickford, Nick Pope.
Defenders / wing-backs: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Gary Cahill, Fabian Delph, Phil Jones, Harry Maguire, Danny Rose, John Stones, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, Ashley Young.
Midfielders: Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Jordan Henderson, Jesse Lingard, Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Forwards: Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Raheem Sterling, Jamie Vardy, Danny Welbeck.
Stand-by: Tom Heaton, James Tarkowski, Lewis Cook, Jake Livermore and Adam Lallana.
World Cup 2018 Winner Odds*
Brazil 4/1, Germany 9/2, Spain 6/1, France 13/2, Argentina 9/1, Belgium 11/1, England 18/1, Portugal 25/1, Uruguay 33/1, Croatia 33/1, bar 40/1* (Betting Odds taken at 5:27 p.m. on May 16th, 2018)
