Newcastle United goalkeeper Nick Pope has withdrawn from England’s squad over injury concerns just over a fortnight away from facing West Ham United.
The Magpies head to the London Stadium on Wednesday, April 5, a game initially due to take place back in September but was postponed, along with the Premier League’s other matches, following the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabth II.
Before that game, and West Ham ’s meeting with relegation-threatened rivals Southampton three days earlier (April 2), there is an international break, where a large number of players across the Premier League are linking up with their countries for the first international break of 2023.