Palmer, Rice, Rashford among players out of England squad

Cole Palmer, Declan Rice and Marcus Rashford are among five ​players who have withdrawn from England's squad ‌for impending Nations League fixtures because of injury, the Football Association said on Monday.

Tino Livramento and Kobbie Mainoo also pulled ​out of Thomas Tuchel's squad for the ​matches against Spain, the Czech Republic and Croatia.

Everton ⁠midfielder James Garner and Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White ​have been called up as replacements.

Palmer's withdrawal ends a ​brief return to Tuchel's plans after the 24-year-old was left out of England's World Cup squad this year.

Palmer played the full ​90 minutes in Chelsea's defeat by Brentford on ​Friday and has responded strongly to his World Cup disappointment, ‌rediscovering ⁠top form with four goals and two assists in seven appearances for Chelsea this season.

England begin their Nations League campaign against newly crowned world champions Spain ​at Wembley on ​Saturday before ⁠travelling to Prague to face the Czech Republic on 29 September.

Tuchel's side then ​take on Croatia in Rijeka on ​3 October ​⁠before hosting the Czechs at Wembley three nights later in Group A3. The extended three-week international window is ⁠the ​first under FIFA's revised match ​calendar, which has combined the traditional September and October breaks into a ​single period.