Gareth Southgate has stated that Eric Dier remains in his thinking for England but has explained why other younger players got the nod ahead of him for his latest squad.
The England boss has named a 27-man squad for the country's four UEFA Nations League games against Hungary twice, Germany and Italy across ten days in their League A group next month. Many expected Dier to get a call-up back to the squad after his fine form for Tottenham as Antonio Conte's men finished fourth to qualify for next season's Champions League.
However, the 28-year-old was overlooked with Wolves' Conor Coady, Crystal Palace defender Marc Guéhi, Manchester United's Harry Maguire, Manchester City's John Stones, Fikayo Tomori from AC Milan) and Arsenal's Ben White chosen ahead of him.