England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Chelsea only paid about £40m or something for Palmer, I could definitely see them selling him if a big offer comes in based on their recruitment model.

 

If Chelsea medical team think there's now a big question mark over whether he's injury-prone, they might cash-in this summer

 

Never rated Robertson myself. Got a good engine but he lacks defensively and his technical ability is poor. He's got loads of assists because he's had world class strikers at Liverpool. Makes no sense when they already have udogie and Spence

 

I guess its not if you see him battling it out for the England LB spot. But he's joint 3rd in that race for me behind Hall and O'Reilly (and probably level with Shaw and Skelly).

Its not also not great news if he wants to play at LB for Spurs this season, but you have to bear in mind Ben Davies is injured and Udogie can't stay fit for more than 2 weeks, so I wouldn't rule out him still playing a handful of games at LB this season

But it means he can actually play RB regularly and they can give Porro some rest, as he's very likely to pick up an injury given his workload over the last 2 seasons.

 

🚨 Tammy Abraham flying to UK as we speak ahead of completing permanent transfer from Besiktas to Aston Villa. 28yo #Besiktas striker set for medical on Saturday before joining #AVFC on 4.5yr contract for €21m + Yasin Ozcan. W/ @J_Tanswell @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/qoPHrzyLmo

— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) January 23, 2026

 

Good signing for villa.

 

To be honest with you their 'recruitment model' is just a fallacy made up by people that don't know their 'recruitment model' - I keep hearing about how they are buying young players only to sell them at a profit but I am yet to see that actually happen.

 

🚨 Aston Villa to receive more for Malen than spent on replacement + Abraham accepted significant financial sacrifice to join. 28yo wants to fight way into World Cup contention & despite interest from other PL clubs only willing to make PL return for #AVFC https://t.co/qoPHrzyLmo

— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) January 23, 2026

 

I would like to see us draw Portugal in pot 1, we haven't played them since the friendly in 2016, which is also the only time we've played them since 2006 somewhat unbelievably.

 

I wonder how the 4 match window is going to work.

 

Looking forward to seeing Tammy Abraham back in the Premier League. I've always been a huge fan of his and I think he can get back in contention for England selection. I was shocked no club made a bigger effort to sign him in the summer. Given Emery's (excellent) record with strikers, I'm quite optimistic for him.

 

England right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has not been told to leave Real Madrid, despite reports in Spain suggesting new manager Alvaro Arbeloa has urged the 27-year-old to find a new club this summer. (Mail) , external

Liverpool’s English defender Joe Gomez, 28, is wanted by AC Milan. (Calciomercato - in Italian)

Crystal Palace and England midfielder Adam Wharton, 21, and Brighton and Cameroon midfielder Carlos Baleba, 22, have emerged as more realistic targets for Manchester United than Nottingham Forrest and England midfielder Elliot Anderson, 23, who they believe will join Manchester City .(The I - subscription required) , external

Everton fear Jack Grealish may need surgery to repair a stress fracture in his foot and could miss the rest of the season - Daily Mail

 

2 English starters for West Ham (Scarles and Bowen) + 5 on the bench (Walker-Peters. Killman, Ward-Prowse, Potts and Wilson)
1 English starter for Sunderland (Mundle) + 4 on the bench (Patterson, Cirkin, Rigg and O’Nein)

 

Assist and then a scored penalty for Bowen.

 

2 English starters for Man City (Guehi and O’Reilly) + 5 on the bench.
1 English starter for Wolves (Mane) + 1 on the bench

1 English starter for Fulham (Smith Rowe) + 3 on the bench
2 English starters for Brighton (Welbeck) + 3 on the bench

4 English starters for Burnley (Humphreys, Walker, Edwards and Anthony) + 2 on the bench
3 English starters for Spurs (Spence, Gallagher and Solanke) + 4 on the bench

 

Assist for Kyle Walker.

 

4 English starters for Bournemouth (Smith, Hill, Cook and Scott) + 3 on the bench,
1 English starter for Liverpool (Gomez) + 4 on the bench.

 

Real?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 A new England football jersey featuring St. George has leaked.

The stained-glass design of the patron saint is reportedly a collaboration between Nike and Palace and is likely intended as a training shirt.

Follow: @europa pic.twitter.com/Ttlhr3uzW4

— Europa.com (@europa) January 24, 2026

 

Alex Scott and James Hill both getting assists so far.

Joe Gomez off injured so Liverpool currently playing with no English players.

 

Wow. Do you think Nike are frantically trying to atone for their tone-deaf addition of a red and 'BLUE' St.George's cross on the England Euro '24 shirt?

They couldn't have got more patriotic if they'd shown a bulldog in a bowler hat eating fish and chips, and singing the 'National Anthem'.

 

That would be quite something I have to say….