England manager Thomas Tuchel has challenged Cole Palmer and Trent Alexander-Arnold to force his hand and use their recall to the national team squad to remind him exactly why they cannot be left out in future.
Amid disappointing showings at club level for Chelsea and Real Madrid, respectively, Palmer and Alexander-Arnold were among the biggest omissions from Tuchel’s England roster for this summer’s World Cup, where the Three Lions fell to Argentina in the semifinals.