Trent Alexander-Arnold out in the cold and Cole Palmer, Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham part of five-way No 10 battle - England squad talking points

By confirming that 11 members of his experimental 35-man squad will be rested for the first friendly of the international break against Uruguay, Thomas Tuchel may have effectively revealed some of the players he deems certainties to go to the World Cup.

Tuchel confirmed that Dean Henderson, Dan Burn, Marc Guehi, Ezri Konsa, Nico O'Reilly, Elliot Anderson, Declan Rice, Morgan Rogers, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka will be given a few days' break before joining the camp on Friday.

Tuchel cited the high number of minutes each of those players have played this season, but also said he has seen enough of them to know they have nothing to prove. We can therefore conclude that they are all but certain, barring injuries, to be on the plane.