Midfielder earns call-up after initial squad omission‘Obviously I was upset but I respected his decision’
The Nottingham Forest captain Morgan Gibbs-White told Thomas Tuchel he should have been in the England squad before earning a late call-up. Gibbs-White’s initial omission for World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia was one of the biggest talking points of new head coach Tuchel’s first squad.
The 25-year-old, who has been a key player in Forest’s surprise charge towards Champions League qualification, told the German what he thought of the decision but jumped at the chance to join the group after being handed a reprieve on Sunday night.
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