Morgan Gibbs-White told Thomas Tuchel what he thought of initial England snub

“I said to him back like ‘I feel like I’ve done enough to get the call-up, considering the form level that we were in, but obviously you’re the manager, you make the decisions, and I respect that totally’."

Morgan Gibbs-White is in excellent form at club level (Nick Potts/PA)

Nottingham Forest captain Morgan Gibbs-White told Thomas Tuchel he should have been in the England squad before earning a late call-up.

Gibbs-White’s omission for World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia was one of the biggest talking points of new boss Tuchel’s first squad.