Brighton 2-1 Liverpool (Welbeck 14’, 56’ | Kerkez 30’)
Thirty-five: the size of Thomas Tuchel’s latest England squad, and the age of the top English goalscorer in the Premier League.
And yet somehow there is no room for Danny Welbeck in this bumper March edition, which took everyone by surprise when announced on Friday due to the sheer volume of players included.
Tuchel’s thinking, though initially baffling, did make sense through simple explanation, with the plan to rest a group of 11 trusted players – who have “credit” with the England manager – for the first friendly against Uruguay before then introducing them in the build-up and against Japan.
That group includes captain and sure-fire World Cup starter Harry Kane, who has been England’s first-choice striker for more than a decade and is in red-hot form for Bayern Munich this season (he scored one of the best goals you’ll see all year in the Champions League midweek).
If football is art, this is a masterpiece #UCL pic.twitter.com/O1VNYS1o7n
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 19, 2026The role of playing deputy to Kane is therefore an unenviable one, and it arguably pushed Jamie Vardy towards international retirement in 2018 – when only 31 – given the lack of opportunities.
Welbeck though has not given up on his dream, despite last playing for his country in September 2018.
Going into the weekend, the 35-year-old told TNT Sports that he will “push every single day” when asked about his prospects of making England’s World Cup squad.
That interview was seemingly done before Friday’s snub, which evidently placed Welbeck far down Tuchel’s striker pecking order and at least behind Dominics Calvert-Lewin and Solanke, both of whom also beat Ollie Watkins to make the cut.
By Saturday lunchtime, Welbeck swiftly exposed the flaw in Tuchel’s upcoming experiment when scoring twice for Brighton against Liverpool, taking his tally to 12 in the Premier League this season.
The flaw being: if Tuchel really did want to open the floor to potential World Cup candidates, then why has the league’s leading English scorer not been handed an audition?
It is an insult to Welbeck, and perhaps why the Brighton striker cupped his ear when celebrating his opener at the Amex.
Danny Welbeck grabs his 11th Premier League goal of the season to give Brighton the lead over Liverpool @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/Qco71tNCJe
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) March 21, 2026More significantly, however, is that it is probably too late. England’s World Cup campaign starts in less than three months, and if Welbeck has not done enough to convince Tuchel by now, then he falls into the Trent Alexander-Arnold category of being overlooked for little reason.
Tuchel called it a “sporting decision” to pick full-backs Jarrell Quansah, Djed Spence and Tino Livramento over Alexander-Arnold in Reece James’ absence – a questionable call given the former Liverpool right-back’s experience at club and international level.
And presumably that is the case for Welbeck as well, the Brighton striker not matching the profile of player Tuchel will be looking to bring on when Kane either looks leggy or needs support, as was the case at Euro 2024 when Watkins emerged the semi-final hero.
Saturday’s showing would suggest Tuchel’s lack of belief is misplaced, with Welbeck’s link-up play as impressive as his spacial awareness for both goals, and if anything proving this humongous England squad was actually a tad too small.
The experiment could have been widened further, giving Welbeck a chance to show Tuchel in-person why he should head to the World Cup.
Instead, he will spend a fortnight away from an England camp where others will get the chance to impress, all while wondering why he hasn’t been given that shot too.
And the stinging reality? That there isn’t really a good enough explanation for his omission.
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