When Gareth Southgate announced his World Cup squad to head to Qatar on November 10 last year, there were several players who could feel hard done by to miss out.
Ivan Toney was overlooked as Callum Wilson got the nod to be Harry Kane's understudy, while James Ward-Prowse failed to make the cut despite his set-piece expertise and Tammy Abraham was left behind.
Another player that didn't get a look-in was AC Milan's Fikayo Tomori. But was it a major surprise? Not really.
There has always been a sense that Southgate has never been entirely convinced by Tomori, and the centre back hardly helped his cause by producing two disappointing performances against Chelsea in the Champions League just weeks prior to Southgate naming his 26-man squad.