Tuesday, January 21

England interim Lee Carsley faces six injury problems as concerns grow

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Lee Carsley prepares to take charge of his final two matches as England interim coach (Image: Getty)

Lee Carsley's final matches as interim England boss appear to be hampered by a number of injury problems.

On the eve of Nations League matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland, the PA news agency looks at those who have doubts.

Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)

The right-back, who is listed as a midfielder by England, was forced off with a hamstring injury during the first half of Saturday's win over Aston Villa. Liverpool head coach Arne Slot said: “I would be surprised if we saw him playing for the England national team this week.”

Jack Grealish (Manchester City)

The winger has not played since October 20 and only returned to light training last week. Coach Pep Guardiola expressed his frustration at the call-up: “I'm always happy when players leave – when they're fit and haven't had any difficulties for one, two, three or four weeks .”

Kyle Walker (Manchester City)

The City defender has played without being fully fit, due to a lack of training sessions since the start of the season according to Guardiola, but it seems likely he will be available for England.

Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

The winger came off late in Sunday's 1-1 draw against Chelsea shortly after a strong challenge from Marc Cucurella. Manager Mikel Arteta's view was that 'it doesn't look good'.

Declan Rice (Arsenal)

The midfielder was replaced even earlier in the match, after missing the midweek Champions League defeat to Inter with a broken toe. Arteta said: “To have two players (Rice and Saka) of that importance tell you that they can't continue in the game is not good news. I don't know if I should expect that let them be in good shape, because otherwise they do not come disabled.

Dominic Solanke (Tottenham)

The striker injured his knee in Sunday's defeat to Ipswich but was able to finish the game. Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou said: “It was quite painful but he wanted to continue and nothing too serious.”

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1974481/england-interim-lee-carsley-has

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