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Ben White's return to the England fold after his lengthy self-imposed exile borders on the insulting to Trent Alexander-Arnold, who continues to be overlooked by Thomas Tuchel at right-back. Reece James injured, Kyle Walker and Kieran Trippier retired internationally and now the withdrawal of Jarell Quansah (seen as right-back cover by Tuchel). And Alexander-Arnold still not called. Real Madrid's right-back in the Champions League. A player whose passing can change games. A tournament shootout penalty-taker. White drafted into squad because of injury to Quansah. Be interesting to see the reaction of England fans - let alone Alexander-Arnold. White has to explain why he turned his back on England for three and a half years. Expect some skilled FA video content. Gareth Southgate said in March 2024 that White had indicated to him that he didn't want to be considered for England. There's always been speculation about a fall-out between White and Southgate's assistant Steve Holland (Southgate denied this). Tuchel clearly doesn't rate Alexander-Arnold, a situation that gets ever stranger. White obviously a more defensive full-back; can get forward but lacks Alexander-Arnold's impact. He did well when coming on for Dani Carvajal against Atletico last night. Made Vinicius Junior's second goal. Harvey Barnes, who has one cap, comes in for the injured Eberechi Eze for the squad to face Uruguay on Friday and Japan on March 31. #ENG

✅ Mark Walsh will ride JAGWAR in the 2026 Grand National, Josh Guerriero tells @AshIveson. "That was the whole point of Mark riding him at Cheltenham, to get to know him before the National." 👍 Has come out of Cheltenham "very fresh and very well".







👍 Per @JoshLuckhurst1, Robbie Power says TEAHUPOO may run at Aintree "if the ground is going to be on the soft side". "He will probably run again this season, but we have to monitor him with ground and all that." ✅ Aintree or Punchestown on the cards.



Bumped into these lads from Derby at Cheltenham. They’d drunk a few more Guinness than me.

















