THOMAS TUCHEL’s England squad has taken yet another hit ahead of the latest World Cup qualifiers.
Tuchel’s troops will close out their Group K campaign with back-to-back matches against Serbia and Albania.
But he won’t be able to call on the services of Newcastle duo Anthony Gordon and Nick Pope and Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi.
Gordon, 24, was absent from the Magpies squad which suffered a 3-1 defeat to Brentford on Sunday.
Pope, meanwhile, started between the sticks but was replaced by Aaron Ramsdale in the 77th minute, much to the surprise of many.
But it’s emerged that the pair will miss the match due to a hip injury and concussion respectively.
Toon boss Howe said: “Initially, I wasn’t told anything in the sense that he was concussed and then a message came that we wasn’t feeling too well and he had to come off.
“It probably affects [whether he reports for England duty], yeah.”
Palace skipper Guehi, meanwhile, is out with the foot injury he suffered in the Eagles’ 3-1 Conference League win over AZ Alkmaar on Thursday.
When pressed on Guehi’s injury, Glasner told Sky Sports: “Overnight he couldn’t sleep, it was so painful and the next day we assessed him and it was a heavy bone bruise.
“He was walking on crutches the last two days and couldn’t even step on his foot.
“Fortunately nothing is broken, but at the moment he can’t even walk. It looks like he will miss England’s games, but after, maybe in 10-14 days hopefully he can return to training and be available again.”
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