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LONDON. — Eberechi Eze and Lewis Dunk have been called up to the England squad for next month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia, but there is no place for Raheem Sterling or Ben White.

Chelsea winger Sterling is left out alongside fellow Blues players Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell, while Arsenal’s White is not included in the 25-player squad despite reports that Southgate reached out to the defender, who left the World Cup in Qatar early due to personal reasons.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, Soutgate says he hasn’t spoken to White regarding his omission from his current squad and believes the defender is behind Kieran Trippier and Kyle Walker in the peck-ing order at present.

Speaking on Sterling’s case, Southgate told a press conference: “I spoke with him a week or so ago, he’s not happy physically with his condition. He’s been carrying a hamstring problem.

“He really wasn’t in consideration so we didn’t get to the point of whether he should be in or out. He doesn’t think he’s operating at the level he needs.”

Elsewhere in Southgate’s squad, there are returns for Marcus Rashford and Trent Alexander-Arnold, who missed out on the March qualifiers due to injury and form issues respectively.

Tyrone Mings comes back into the fold after impressing for Aston Villa, while Callum Wilson is included having been in red-hot form for Newcastle.

Magpies goalkeeper Nick Pope has a hand injury, so Crystal Palace’s Sam Johnstone is called up.

As Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze receives his first England call-up, take a look at all of his Premier League goals this season.

Eze gets his first call-up since an unfortunate knee injury wrecked his chances of making the England squad ahead of the last European Championships in 2021.

The Crystal Palace midfielder, who has six league goals and one assist since the beginning of April for the Eagles, was called up to Southgate’s provisional squad two years ago but suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in Palace training on the same day.

“We’ve liked him for a long time, he was unfortunate before the Euros,” said Southgate. “We were going to call him in for a prep camp and he got an unfortunate injury.

Gareth Southgate explains why he has called up Eberechi Eze and Lewis Dunk to his latest Eng-land squad and why Raheem Sterling has been left out.

“He has finished the season really strongly. He can play in a couple of positions across the attack-ing line. Everyone I speak to talks brilliantly about him as a person.” — SkySport

England Squad:

Goalkeepers: Sam Johnstone (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Arse-nal)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Lewis Dunk (Brighton), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle), Kyle Walker (Manchester City)

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), James Maddison (Leicester), Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City), Declan Rice (West Ham)

Forwards: Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Callum Wilson (Newcas-tle)