
England head coach Thomas Tuchel has opted to drop Harry Maguire from his squad for upcoming international matches in June, and instead handed a first senior call-up to Chelsea centre-back Trevoh Chalobah.
Explaining his decision, Tuchel who worked with Chalobah at Chelsea, said: “He is always in my thoughts because he covers the position as a central defender but also as a number nine, as you know.
“He is always a big threat from set pieces and he is a big personality and he steps up in difficult times as you can see in his club.
“At the moment Ezri Konsa keeps his place, Dan Burn has a left foot and keeps his place. We say at the moment Trevoh Chalobah a little bit ahead of Harry.
“I have a very clear picture of Harry and what he represents and what he can bring to a squad.
“I am not so clear how Trevoh will be in this enviroment and performance wise at the moment he is a ltitle bit ahead. He is involved in fighting for Champions League football.”
He also said of Chalobah: “On Trevoh, he deserves it. Easy at that. He has played a fantastic second half of the season with Chelsea. He has been very consistent at a very high level.”
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