Djed Spence, 25, will be wearing a brace around his jaw for all of the tournament’s matches, after a collision with another player during a Premier League game in May left him with a broken jaw.
According to BBC Sport, Spence previously said it “will be three months until it is fully healed… but luckily I play football with my feet and not my jaw, so it is all good."
It’s far from the first time a player has had to wear protective gear in a high-profile tournament.
Kylian Mbappé wearing a protective mask during a quarter-final game in Hamburg, Germany, on July 5, 2024. —Robbie Jay Barratt—Getty Images
At this year’s World Cup—which is being hosted across Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.—England’s first official game on June 17 sees the Thomas Tuchel-managed squad take on Croatia.
When asked why he selected the defender for his 26-man squad, despite him registering no goals or assists for Tottenham in the 2025/2026 season, Tuchel said: “He was excellent in every single match that he played for us [England].”
Tuchel went on to admit that Spence’s performance at Tottenham had been a concern discussed behind the scenes prior to the March camp.
The England men’s team hasn’t won the World Cup since it hosted the tournament in 1966.
Both the players and the fans are hoping this will be the year the team gets to lift the trophy once more.
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