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Dom Smith

Thomas Tuchel keeps everyone guessing with clever plan for deciding England's World Cup squad

Thomas Tuchel explains his England squad for the Wembley friendlies - (Getty Images)

Thomas Tuchel likes throwing a spanner in the works as England manager. Whether it was the decision to drop Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham in October or calling Ruben Loftus-Cheek back from the international wilderness, he has kept us guessing.

There was absolutely no sense of that changing on Friday.

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