Curtis Jones set for crunch Thomas Tuchel call in bid to win back England place

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Curtis Jones is set for talks with Thomas Tuchel after being left out of the England squad during the international break. Liverpool star Jones figured in each of Tuchel's first four games in charge of England, but has been absent from the last three squads and faces an uphill battle to make it into next summer's World Cup squad.

Injury kept Jones out of the squad during the September break, but he was simply not selected for England's World Cup qualifiers in October and November. There is plenty of competition for places in England's midfield, with Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson, Adam Wharton and Jordan Henderson all currently ahead of Jones in the pecking order.

It will always be like this." Jones has started just two Premier League games for Liverpool this season, with the player clearly not a part of Arne Slot's first-choice midfield trio. After scoring on his international debut, Jones said: “I just went out there and I was playing free and I had a smile on my face.