Eight players depart England camp ahead of Japan match due to injuries or concerns

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-j9N9ZNFA/uruguay-xMk44orG/?mid=IHvvmo8M"]Having drawn 1-1 with Uruguay[/a] in a friendly on Friday, the ‌FA announced the departures on ⁠Saturday ‌after several players picked up knocks and ​injuries, causing changes to the 35-man squad selected by ​Tuchel for the current international break.[/p][p]Goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ramsdale-aaron/dnohA1sG/"]Aaron Ramsdale[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tomori-fikayo/AZn3ZNeI/"]Fikayo Tomori[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/calvert-lewin-dominic/0WmBe6U2/"]⁠Dominic Calvert-Lewin[/a] ​are among the departures, with defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stones-john/SlLxn4xl/"]John Stones[/a] returning to Manchester City after picking up an ‌injury prior to Friday's game, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wharton-adam/v5IYUpDm/"]Adam Wharton[/a] (Crystal Palace) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/madueke-chukwunonso/Ac57P9Pt/"]Noni Madueke[/a] (Arsenal) were both injured in the friendly.[/p][p]Madueke's Arsenal teammates [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rice-declan/zkQ8Cm6n/"]Declan Rice[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/saka-bukayo/08NLEo06/"]Bukayo Saka[/a] have also returned to the North London club.[/p][embed guid="6da3c94c-2dae-40d9-94ef-f0b3898f48fb" url="https://x.com/England/status/2037989629295722978" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]FIFA has expanded the squad ‌size at the World Cup in the ​USA, Mexico and Canada this ‌year to 26 players.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] take on Croatia, Ghana and Panama in Group L, kicking off against the Croatians in ⁠Arlington, Texas ⁠on June ‌17th.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-j9N9ZNFA/japan-ULXPdOUj/?mid=l0V9sPVq"]Follow England vs Japan with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]