England add Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Jarell Quansah to squad for World Cup qualifiers | England

The Milan midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Bayer Leverkusen defender Jarell Quansah have been called up to the England squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia.

Loftus-Cheek and Quansah will join Thomas Tuchel’s group for the double-header after Adam Wharton withdrew due to a groin injury suffered in Crystal Palace’s 3-0 win at Aston Villa on Sunday.

Loftus-Cheek returns to the England fold for the first time in six years, with his last call-up coming in March 2019. He has won 10 caps, the last of which was against the United States in November 2018, but is known to Tuchel having played under him at Chelsea.

Quansah, who swapped Liverpool for Leverkusen in the summer, is uncapped but has been in several squads before.

Wharton limped off during the second half of Palace’s excellent win at Villa Park and Palace manager Oliver Glasner ruled him out of the international camp during his post-match press conference.

Loftus-Cheek and Quansah joined 23 other players in reporting for duty at St George’s Park on Tuesday before Saturday’s Group K match against Andorra at Villa Park and next week’s crunch clash in Belgrade against Serbia.

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Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford, Dean Henderson, James Trafford.

Defenders: Dan Burn, March Guéhi, Reece James, Ezri Konsa, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Tino Livramento, Jarell Quansah, Djed Spence, John Stones.

Midfielders: Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Jordan Henderson, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Declan Rice, Morgan Rogers.

Forwards: Jarrod Bowen, Eberechi Eze, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane, Noni Madueke, Marcus Rashford, Ollie Watkins.

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Tuchel pushed back the meet-up by 24 hours for any players involved in transfer deadline day experiencing “mixed emotions”.

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Defender Marc Guehi was the only player affected as his protracted move to Liverpool fell through after his club Crystal Palace could not secure a replacement.