Thomas Tuchel has called up 13 different midfielders in three squads since he became England manager. It is clearly an area of the team where he has more questions than answers, with the World Cup nine months away.

For this squad ahead of World Cup qualifiers against Andorra at Villa Park and against Serbia in Belgrade, he named Elliot Anderson and Adam Wharton in the England senior squad for the first time. Tuchel saw this as an ideal opportunity to assess the pair in the international environment - both in camp, and on the pitch in the qualifiers.

"We think both of them deserve it," Tuchel said on squad-announcement day. "They played big roles in two very successful campaigns for their clubs last season. They have full rhythm. It's time for more competition. It's time for a bit of

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