Marc Guehi withdraws from England squad due to injury with replacement called up

Marc Guehi has pulled out of the England squad on the first day of the international break due to injury. The centre-back was substituted at half-time of Manchester City’s 3-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Saturday evening, with manager Enzo Maresca revealing after the match that Guehi had requested to be replaced because of the injury. Maresca did not specify what issue Guehi had picked up but after undergoing scans, he has not been deemed fit to participate in England’s upcoming camp and will instead remain with City. Newcastle defender Dan Burn has been called up in his place, joining the rest of the squad at Tottenham Hotspur’s training ground. It marks Burn’s return to the squad for the first time since the World Cup, having been left out of Thomas Tuchel’s roster for the first international break of the season across September and October. The 34-year-old will be at Tuchel’s disposal for England’s final two Nations League group matches against Croatia at Wembley on Thursday, before the Three Lions travel to Madrid to face World Cup winners Spain on Sunday. Guehi’s absence will nevertheless be a blow to Tuchel, who started all bar one of England’s World Cup games and all four of their Nations League group fixtures so far. The Englishman has been struggling for form in City’s porous defence this season, guilty of a number of individual errors that have led to goals in recent weeks.