Arsenal's Bukayo Saka was left out of England's Nations League trip to Finland and returned to the club for assessment of the injury he sustained in the defeat to Greece.
Saka played 51 minutes in the Three Lions' 2-1 defeat at Wembley before being replaced by Chelsea's Noni Madueke.
England said in a statement: “Curtis Jones and Bukayo Saka will not be traveling to Finland.” “Saka came on as a substitute in the second half of Thursday night's game against Greece and has returned to Arsenal for further evaluation. Liverpool's Jones remains in England due to personal commitments.”The 22-man squad will travel to Helsinki on Saturday afternoon. I'm planning to fly to
The news is a further blow for Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, who has lost captain Martin Odegaard to ankle ligament damage suffered during the last international break. The Gunners are also working hard on the fitness of Kai Havertz and Thomas Partey, who were also withdrawn from international duty this week.
Liverpool's Jones was a late addition to Lee Carsley's side ahead of the game against Greece but did not make any substitute appearances. Harry Kane was one of 22 players to train on Saturday, raising hopes that the England captain will be fit after missing Thursday's game.
Kane's injury while playing for Bayern Munich was not overcome in time for him to play, and his absence led caretaker manager Kearsley to deploy an eyebrow-raising formation, with Jude Bellingham playing alongside Phil Foden, Saka and Cole Palmer. I decided to play as False Nine in front of. And Anthony Gordon.
That backfired, with Greece surprising the hosts and rising to the top of the table, meaning England could no longer afford to fail if they wanted to advance through the group stage and automatically return to League A. The match against Finland will kick off at 5pm (BST) on Sunday at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.
