Ben Chilwell faces a battle to re-establish himself as England’s left back. Gareth Southgate was disappointed that Chilwell limped out of Sunday’s Nations League defeat by Belgium with a sore back.
The Chelsea defender was making his first England appearance for a year, but only managed 38 minutes after being picked against the world’s No 1 ranked side. He lost his place to Bukayo Saka for Wednesday’s dead rubber against Iceland.
Chilwell is expected to be fit for Chelsea’s Premier League game at Newcastle on Saturday after resuming training on Friday, which would harden the suspicion of some in the England camp that he could have played on in Belgium.