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World Cup locations up for grabsrevealed at 14:50 GMT

Aston Villa v Leeds (15:00 GMT)

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at Villa Park

Ollie WatkinsImage supply, Getty Images

The World Cup is lower than 4 months away and there are nonetheless a couple of locations in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad up for grabs. Captain Harry Kane is a sure starter if match, however who would be the different strikers within the squad?

The two most definitely choices go head-to-head at this time as Ollie Watkins will probably be up entrance for Villa, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin centre-forward for Leeds.

After an injury-hit spell at Everton, Calvert-Lewin has shone since his free switch final summer time, along with his 10 Premier League targets essentially the most this season by an Englishman. He has not performed for the Three Lions since July 2021 so can he pressure his method again into the England facet and add to his 11 caps and 4 targets?

Watkins, with six worldwide targets in 20 caps – together with a last-minute winner towards the Netherlands within the semi-finals of Euro 2024 – has eight league targets this season.

With Tuchel having loads of choices for the quantity 10 position and in broad attacking positions, each Watkins and Calvert-Lewin will want a lot of targets within the subsequent few months to get themselves on the aircraft.

Dominic Calvert-LewinImage supply, Getty Images
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