LONDON (AP) – Ollie Watkins has returned to Aston Villa after missing England’s game against Latvia on Tuesday due to injury, with captain Harry Kane set to return.
Watkins scored England beat Wales 3-0 He collided with a goal post in Thursday’s friendly and was substituted at half-time.
England said in a statement: “The Aston Villa striker has not recovered from the shock he sustained against Wales at Wembley on Thursday night and has returned to the club.”
Watkins becomes the second player to leave the team after defender Jharel Quansah returned to Bayer Leverkusen, but the England side announced on Saturday that this was a precautionary measure after the game against Wales in which he was an unused substitute.
With Watkins out, one of Thomas Tuchel’s options could be the return of Kane, who missed the game against Wales due to injury. painful knock It happened the week before when I was playing for Bayern Munich.
England will qualify for the World Cup with an away win against Latvia. With this win, Tuchel’s team will now have a seven-point lead over second-place Albania in Group K with two games remaining.
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