England's 55-man preliminary World Cup squad - who is likely to be in it?

Thomas Tuchel has filed his provisional 55-man England squad for this summer's World Cup.

The Three Lions boss had to submit his list to FIFA earlier this week ahead of revealing his final 26-man rota next Friday (May 22).

The likes of Harry Kane, Declan Rice and Jordan Pickford will undoubtedly have been included, but there has been plenty of speculation as to who else may have made the first cut as the England head coach fine-tunes his preparations for the upcoming trans-Atlantic showpiece.

A total of 51 players have featured on the international stage for the 52-year-old since he was appointed as Gareth Southgate's successor in October 2024.

And there's every chance that the vast majority of those will have been included on the provisional World Cup list - one which Tuchel will dip into should any of his final 26 players succumb to injury or become unavailable for selection following next week's squad announcement.

Whilst very few details have been leaked regarding the FA's list, it's understood that fringe players such as Danny Welbeck, Luke Shaw and Jarrad Branthwaite have been included despite having never previously called up any of the three players to the squad.

But which other players' names are likely to have been included?

Here's a list of every player to have been called up into the senior England squad by Tuchel across his 18-month reign in charge,

Every player to have played for England under Thomas Tuchel

• Morgan Rogers
• Declan Rice
• Marcus Rashford
• Harry Kane
• Jordan Pickford
• Ezri Konsa
• Anthony Gordon
• Jordan Henderson
• Jarrod Bowen
• Elliot Anderson
• Eberechi Eze
• Myles Lewis-Skelly
• Reece James
• Dan Burn
• Jude Bellingham
• Phil Foden
• Marc Guéhi
• Noni Madueke
• Bukayo Saka
• John Stones
• Adam Wharton
• Djed Spence
• Cole Palmer
• Ollie Watkins
• Nico O'Reilly
• Levi Colwill
• Conor Gallagher
• Trent Alexander-Arnold
• Ben White
• Kobbie Mainoo
• Harvey Barnes
• James Trafford
• Lewis Hall
• Tino Livramento
• Fikayo Tomori
• Dominic Solanke
• Dominic Calvert-Lewin
• Kyle Walker
• Jarell Quansah
• Curtis Jones
• Morgan Gibbs-White
• James Garner
• Ivan Toney
• Dean Henderson
• Trevoh Chalobah
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek
• Harry Maguire
• Aaron Ramsdale
• Jason Steele
• Alex Scott
• Nick Pope

Of that list, Morgan Rogers has clocked up the most appearances, featuring in 11 of the German's 12 matches at the helm, with Declan Rice and Marcus Rashford both registering 10 caps.

Skipper Kane, who is in the running for the coveted Ballon d'Or award, has played in nine of those fixtures, the same tally as Everton's custodian Pickford and Aston Villa's defensive linchpin Ezri Konsa.

Others to have featured prominently include Jordan Henderson, Anthony Gordon, Jarrod Bowen and the in-demand Elliot Anderson.

Of all the outfield players to have been called up for international duty by Tuchel, Bournemouth's Alex Scott, who is reportedly on the summer watch-list of Manchester United, is the only one not to have been afforded any game time.

Why do World Cup teams have to submit provisional 55-man squads?

In a nutshell, all 48 nations competing at this summer's World Cup are required to file inflated 55-man provisional squads to enable FIFA - the global governing body - the chance to compile information on every player, including passport information, eligibility confirmation and measurements such as height and weight in advance of the tournament.

It is also designed to serve national team bosses the opportunity to create a long list and further assess their pool of players before officially announcing details of the finalised 26-player squad.

Whilst the provisional lists are not published by FIFA, nations are able to publicly reveal details of who has made the list should they wish to do so.

The likes of Spain and Brazil have already done this, whilst it's expected that England's list will remain under wraps.