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Phil McNulty on England’s injuries
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Phil McNulty on England’s injuries

BBC Sport football editor Phil McNulty has answered your questions as Premier League players head for international duty.

Harry asked: What do you think about players dropping out of the England squad due to ‘injury’ but suddenly being fully fit to play as soon as club football returns. Did this happen five, ten or fifteen years ago?

Phil replied: Players have been dropping out of England teams for as long as I can remember and there has always been a lot of noise about whether the injuries were real or not, usually from fans of rival clubs who feel like others put allegiance to the club before the national team. the interests of the camp.

I certainly think most injuries are real and this weekend I don’t think there can be any doubt that these players were injured.

Trent Alexander-Arnold was sent off after 25 minutes of Liverpool’s win over Aston Villa with a hamstring injury, while there is no chance of Arsenal duo Declan Rice or Bukayo Saka, would have left the match against Chelsea prematurely unless there was absolutely no way of continuing. . Rice was already playing with a broken toe, while the Gunners are waiting to discover the extent of Saka’s injury.

The Jack Grealish situation was interesting. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola clearly didn’t think he was fit enough to be with England after missing club games through injury, but Lee Carsley selected him.