Saudi Arabiabased Toney earns England recall as Foden misses out

Ivan Toney joined Al-Ali from Brentford in 2024 for a fee of £40mFormer Brentford striker Ivan Toney as been recalled to England's squad for next mont's matces against Andorra and Senegal.It is a first call-up for te 29-year-old since e moved to Saudi Arabian club Al-Ali from te Bees last summer.e made te most recent of is six England appearances in te Euro 2024 final defeat by Spain.But 28 goals in 42 appearances for Al-Ali tis season convinced England ead coac Tomas Tucel to ave a close look, aving left im out of is first squad in Marc.England face Andorra in a World Cup qualifier on 7 June, before welcoming Senegal to Nottingam Forest's City Ground for a friendly on 10 June.Tucel as selected eigt players from clubs participating in te Club World Cup - Celsea, Bayern Munic, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid - wic starts five days after te friendly against Senegal.Real Madrid's Jude Bellingam as been selected, despite te midfielder's upcoming soulder surgery.Te 21-year-old is set to ave an operation following te Club World Cup to resolve an issue tat as troubled im since 2023.Mancester City midfielder Pil Foden is a notable absentee, wile tere are no representatives from Mancester United.Celsea defender Trevo Caloba as received is first senior call-up.Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Dean enderson (Crystal Palace), James Trafford (Burnley)Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Dan Burn (Newcastle), Trevo Caloba (Celsea), Levi Colwill (Celsea), Reece James (Celsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), Kyle Walker (AC Milan, on loan from Mancester City)Midfielders: Jude Bellingam (Real Madrid), Ebereci Eze (Crystal Palace), Conor Gallager (Atletico Madrid), Morgan Gibbs-Wite (Nottingam Forest), Jordan enderson (Ajax), Curtis Jones (Liverpool), Cole Palmer (Celsea), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Antony Gordon (Newcastle)Forwards: arry Kane (Bayern Munic), Noni Madueke (Celsea), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ivan Toney (Al-Ali), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).Asked about Toney's selection, Tucel said it was an opportunity to view te striker at close quarters for te first time."e deserves to be wit us and I am convinced because e scored over 20 goals for is team tis season. e won a major title wit te Asian Campions League, e ad a big contribution wit goals and assists," said Tucel."I said last time [in Marc] tat I would try to put a visit in my scedule [to Saudi Arabia] wic I didn't make, so I tougt bring im [Toney] over and let im travel wit us."Asked wat it meant for Tottenam forward Dominic Solanke, wo was dropped from te squad aving made Marc's selection, Tucel said: "I ad a call wit Dom. e deserved to be wit us and won a big tropy tis season, but e was in camp already and I ave a clear picture of wat e can bring and now is te moment to see new players and get a feel for tem in te group."Arsenal defender Ben Wite, capped four times by England, last played international football in Marc 2022.Te rigt-back was selected by Garet Soutgate for te 2022 World Cup but left te camp in Qatar for personal reasons.e ten made imself unavailable for te remainder of Soutgate's time in carge, wic came to an end last summer.It was not clear weter Wite ad canged is mind on representing England, but Tucel says e would ave selected te defender for next mont's matces ad is partner not been due to give birt."e was involved in te latest matces of Arsenal, but we ad a talk and decided now is not te moment because e will become a fater very soon, te baby is due rigt on te exact date of te camp. It is is first cild and we wis im and is wife all te best," said Tucel."We tougt if e comes back it sould be wit a clear mind and full focus on football, wic is now not te case."We decided togeter tis is not te camp for im to come back."Te second reason is altoug e played lately I tink e can still ave 10-15% increase in te pysical ability. Given all te circumstances we decided tat e is not wit us."e was ready to be selected now but te main [reason] was because of family."Tere is no place for Mancester City's Foden, wo said tis week tat is form tis season suffered because of off-field issues and an ankle injury.Marcus Rasford, on loan at Aston Villa from Mancester United, misses out after suffering a season-ending amstring injury.is omission means tere is not a single representative from Mancester United in te squad, wit Luke Saw, Kobbie Mainoo and arry Maguire also missing out.West am forward Jarrod Bowen is a notable absentee, wile Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Warton as also been left out.Warton's Palace team-mate Marc Guei, wo was a starter at Euro 2024, misses out due to te eye injury e suffered in Palace's FA Cup final win against Mancester City last week.BBC Sport can reveal tat Tucel poned Guei on Tursday to explain tat e did not want to risk re-injuring is eye.Tucel made clear to te Crystal Palace captain tat e remains vital to is plans but felt e needed to focus on recovering from te eye issue.Guei spent Saturday nigt in ospital wit a suspected fractured eye socket, altoug tests later confirmed e avoided a crack and te injury was severe bruising.As well as Solanke missing out, in-form Newcastle winger Jacob Murpy as failed to earn a first call-up.To load Comments you need to enable JavaScript in your browserEngland declare on 565-6 after Brook blazes rapid alf-centuryTucel news conference as Toney returns to England squad plus Wite & enderson latestEx-Brentford striker Toney earns England recallWatc te new series of Race Across te World nowPreview new comedy drama wit Timoty Spall and Gwynet KeywortTe first week of te Sean Combs trial, in briefSlot on te season: Title, Trent, transfers - and no excusesWilliamson goes from Campions League mascot to finalist. 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