England will be without Newcastle pair Nick Pope and Anthony Gordon for the final international break of the year.

The duo have withdrawn from Thomas Tuchel's latest squad, named on Friday, due to injuries.

Anthony Gordon missed Sunday's 3-1 defeat at Brentford with a hip injury, and then Pope suffered a concussion during the game and was replaced by Aaron Ramsdale.

It is a particular blow for Pope, who on Friday earned his first call-up in a year as is running out of time to impress Tuchel ahead of next summer's World Cup.

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said after the game: "Nick Pope suffered concussion and that's why we took him off. As soon as we were made aware he was withdrawn.

"Anthony Gordon is a minor injury so he will miss England. That's it."

The double blow follows a

See Full Page