Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Thursday, October 9, 2025, 21:30 / Updated Thursday, October 9, 2025 21:36
Thomas Tuchel, England's national football team, surprised with the starting team he chose for the friend with Wales Which will take place tonight on Wembley, from 9:45 pm.
England's coach has not used any player from Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester United in the first 11.
Thomas Tuchel shocked: Since 1992 it has not happened that in a first 11 there is no player from Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester United
For the first time in 1992, the national team of England has lined up a first eleven without any player from Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester United, according to Opta statistics. The coach Thomas Tuchel included in the starting team against Wales three players from Aston Villa and two in Arsenal, while Everton, Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace, Tottenham and Manchester City each contributed to a footballer. Interestingly, no player from the three mentioned teams (Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United) is not even on the reserve bench.
The last time this happened was in the first match of the 1992 European Championship in a France-England 0-0, the second match of the final tournament. Then England lost the qualification in the next phase of the competition, ranking the penultimate place in the group.
Start teams in England – Wales
England (4-2-3-1): Pickford (Everton) – Konsa (Aston Villa), Stones (Manchester City), Guehi (Crystal Palace), Spence (Tottenham) – E. Anderson (Nottingham Forest), D. Rice – Saka (Arsenal), M. Rogers (Aston Villa), A. Gordon (Newcastle) – Watkins (Aston Villa)
Reserves: Bowen, D. Burn, Eze, Gibbs-White, D. Henderson, J. Henderson, Kane, Lewis-Skelly, Loftus-Cheek, O'reilly, Quansah, Rashford, Trafford
Selector: Thomas Tuchel
Wales (5-4-1): Darlow – N. Williams, Ampdu, Rodon, B. Davies, Dasilva – Brooks, Cullen, H. Wilson, B. Johnson – K. Moore
Selector: Craig Belamy
