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Right, let's hear from Lee Carsley.

England's interim head coach is talking to the media right now, starting with his reasons for including new faces Lewis Hall and Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

He says it is a good challenge for Hall to stake a claim as England's regular left-back.

Carsley added that incoming manager Thomas Tuchel has not had any influence over his squad selection.

You can watch Lee Carsley's news conference at the top of this page.

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Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton)

Defenders: Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Rico Lewis (Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Lewis Hall (Newcastle), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton)

Midfielders: Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Angel Gomes (Lille), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Curtis Jones (Liverpool).

Forwards: Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Chelsea), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham)

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Lee Carsley has made a handful of changes to his third and final England squad.

Southampton goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale comes in, but Newcastle stopper Nick Pope misses out.

John Stones is not selected, with Newcastle full-back Lewis Hall and the Saints' Taylor Harwood-Bellis coming into defence.

Curtis Jones replaces Kobbie Mainoo in midfield, while Carsley sticks with the seven forwards from his last squad, picking 26 players in total.

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As mentioned, this is Lee Carsley's final two games as interim England head coach.

It was announced in October that Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as Southgate's permanent successor from 1 January 2025.

The 51-year-old German signed an 18-month contract, becoming the third non-British permanent manager of the England men's national team after Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.

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Lee Carsley was manager of the Three Lions' under-21 team when he was promoted to the senior role after Gareth Southgate bowed out in the wake of the Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain,

The former Everton midfielder has overseen 2-0 and 3-1 wins over Finland, a 2-0 victory over his native Republic Ireland and a shock 2-0 home defeat against Greece at Wembley.

As a result, England sit second in Nations League League B Group 2 with nine points from four games before final meetings with Greece on 14 November (19:45 GMT) and the Republic of Ireland on 17 November (20:00).

Perhaps his lasting legacy, however, will be the players he has handed debuts to while in the role.

Angel Gomes, Tino Livramento, Morgan Gibbs-White and Noni Madueke all featured for the senior team fo the first time under Carsley.

Will that list be added to over his final international break? Curtis Jones and Lewis Hall perhaps...?

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So a little early heads-up there from Alex.

We will get the announcement on the full squad at 14:00 GMT, before hearing from interim head coach Lee Carsley.

Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at St George’s Park

Aston Villa forward Morgan Rogers is not in the latest England squad named by Lee Carsley.

Rogers has been in excellent form for Villa this season and has got three goals and three assists in 14 appearances in all competitions.

There had been calls for Rogers to be included this time but he is set to be named in the U21s for this international break.

Right, the England Nations League squad announcement is due soon, but we've had some early breaking news from our England reporter Alex Howell...

Brighton & Hove Albion

There's a raft of Premier League news conferences taking place. and the Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Saturday's match at home to Manchester City.

On team news, he confirmed Joao Pedro and Matt O'Riley have a "big chance" of being fit to face the champions as they return from respective ankle problems.

Hurzeler added that Yankuba Minteh and Lewis Dunk we have to be assessed "in the next days" and "it is too early" for Solly March to return from his long-term knee injury.

Yasin Ayari limped off during last weekend's defeat at Liverpool but "will train today" and "might be an option for the weekend".

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The Women's Nations League draw also put Scotland alongside Euro 2022 finalists Germany in League A Group A1, along with the Netherlands and Austria.

Also in League A, Wales were drawn in Group A4 with Italy, Denmark and Sweden.

Northern Ireland will face Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Romania in League B Group B1.

Group games will take place between February and June - before Euro 2025, where England will be the defending champions, starts in Switzerland on 2 July.

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England have been drawn in the same group as world champions Spain for the 2025 Women's Nations League.

Sarina Wiegman's Lionesses fell to a 1-0 defeat by Spain in the 2023 Women's World Cup final, while Spain are also the reigning Nations League champions.

The two sides are joined by Belgium and Portugal in League A Group A3.

France

As mentioned, Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has not been named in France's squad to face Israel and Italy in upcoming Nations League games.

France coach Didier Deschamps did not say whether Mbappe was injured, but explained his choice was a "one-off decision" and that the player "wanted to come" and join the team.

Mbappe started in Real Madrid's last two games - their 4-0 defeat to rivals Barcelona in La Liga on 26 October and in Tuesday's 3-1 Champions League loss at home to AC Milan.

If Paris St-Germain are struggling at the moment, the same could be said for their former star forward Kylian Mbappe, who has not been included in the latest France squad.

More to follow.

There are several European heavyweights who look likely to miss out on a top-eight spot and guaranteed qualification for the Champions League knockout stages.

Record winners Real Madrid have seen their chances drop to 19.7% after a home defeat to AC Milan while Paris St-Germain only have a 2.1% chance of making the top eight according to Opta after suffering their second loss in four games on Wednesday against Atletico Madrid.

PSG are currently 25th in the table. Could Luis Enrique's side be eliminated after the league phase? Their remaining games are against Bayern Munich (a), RB Salzburg (a), Manchester City (h) and Stuttgart (a).

Despite defeats for Manchester City, Arsenal and Aston Villa, all five British teams retain very strong chances of securing at least a play-off place.A reminder that the top eight automatically progress to the knockout stages while the 16 teams that finish in places nine to 24 enter a play-off round to deicide the final 16.

We are now exactly halfway through the new league stage of this season's Champions League and standings are starting to take shape.

Liverpool are almost guaranteed a top-eight finish after their four wins from four, while Manchester City retain a strong chance despite their 4-1 defeat against Sporting on Tuesday.

Aston Villa had a 63% chance of automatic qualification after defeating Bologna but this has reduced dramatically to 33.1% with defeat in Bruges.

Arsenal's chances have dropped after losing to Inter Milan while Celtic have seen their chances increase from 6% to 14% after their fine win over RB Leipzig.

But what a ride it was Richard? Would you give up that home win over Kylian Mbappe's Paris St-Germain side to escape all the subsequent injuries and dip in form?

One to ponder.

Right, sticking to that theme, loosely, let's have a quick look at the statistical chances each British team has of progressing in this season's Champions League...

England's squad announcement is expected at 14:00 GMT, after which Lee Carsley, for the last time in his interim position, will be holding a news conference to discuss the Three Lions' final two Nations League fixtures against Greece and the Republic of Ireland.

We'll also bring you the best lines and team news from all of Thursday's Premier League news conferences.

And the discussion continues on this week's Champions League matches, before switching to tonight's Europa League and Conference League ties.

PS: If you haven't already, check out the video highlights of this week's Champions League games.

Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at St George’s Park

I’ve arrived at St George’s Park nice and early ahead of Lee Carsley naming his final England squad as interim head coach.

The questions for him today are going to be about how much he knew about Thomas Tuchel’s appointment and what the future holds for him.

There could also be some new faces as Carsley has continued to freshen up the squad.

Could it be the time Morgan Rogers gets his call up and maybe a call up for Curtis Jones too?

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