Ethan Nwaneri has been the only Arsenal player training with the England squad so far, with the Gunners’ World Cup call-ups set to make a late arrival this week.
Arsenal will have four players in England’s World Cup squad this summer, with Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, and Noni Madueke all called up, but none of them are currently training at Thomas Tuchel’s camp in Florida.
In fact, the one Gunner involved in training at the moment is Ethan Nwaneri, who is one of a handful of players to link up with the squad to make up numbers in training, despite not being selected for the World Cup this summer.
Nwaneri reportedly wasn’t even on England’s provisional 55-man list given to FIFA ahead of the World Cup, so he can’t be promoted to the final 26 even if there’s an injury ahead of him. Still, the chance to train with England ahead of the tournament will be a welcome one.
As for Arsenal’s other four players, John Cross reports for the Mirror that Rice, Saka, Eze, and Madueke will eventually join up with England before the team’s first friendly match against New Zealand on Saturday.
The Arsenal players have been given time off to rest after their participation in the Champions League final, hence the delayed involvement.
Dean Henderson of Crystal Palace was involved in the Europa Conference League final last week on Wednesday, and he joined up with England this Wednesday.
Assuming the Arsenal players get the same seven-day rest, they’ll only be joining the camp on the day of that New Zealand fixture.
Tuchel will likely then be keen to involve the Arsenal players in England’s second friendly match against Costa Rica on Wednesday, June 10th.
That’s the team’s final friendly before the actual tournament, with a week between the game and their World Cup opener against Croatia on Wednesday, June 17th.
England’s other World Cup group games are scheduled for Tuesday, June 23rd against Ghana, and Saturday, June 27th against Panama.
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