England's national football team suffered a huge loss ahead of the match against Ukraine

Marcus Rashford, the top scorer in the top five leagues in 2023 (16 goals), will not help England in the match against Italy (March 23) and Ukraine (March 26) at the start of qualifying for the 2024 European Championship. The Manchester United player was injured in a Premier League match with FC Fulham on the eve of the national team's training camp.

It is reported by "The Three Lions" official website. Mason Mount, midfielder of Chelsea, London, and Newcastle United goalkeeper, Nick Pope, will also miss the march games and be replaced by Tottenham goalkeeper Fraser Forster.

England squad for matches against Italy and Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Fraser Frster (Tottenham), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal).

Defenders: Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Reece James (Chelsea), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Mark Guehi (Crystal Pelas), Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw (both Manchester United), John Stones, Kyle Walker (both Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United).

Midfielders: Declan Rice (West Ham), Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Mason Mount, Conor Gallagher (both Chelsea), Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), James Maddison (Leicester City).

Forwards: Phil Foden, Jack Grealish (both Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ivan Toney (Brentford).

Earlier, acting head coach of Ukraine, Ruslan Rotan, made new changes to the team for the match against England in the Euro 2024 qualifier.

As OBOZREVATEL reported, Shakhtar Donetsk defender Yukhym Konoplya unexpectedly came out for the Premier League match, although previously stated that he would not play for the Ukrainian national team due to injury.

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