No Liverpool player in England World Cup squad. Read that again. For the first time since 1986, the Three Lions are heading to a major tournament without a single Red in the camp.
1986. That is forty years ago. Maradona scored the Hand of God that year. Thatcher was still in power. The Soviet Union still existed. Liverpool were winning everything in sight and England still found room for their players. Jan Molby was pulling strings at Anfield. Steve McMahon was breaking legs in midfield. Fast forward through every World Cup and every Euros since, there has always been at least one Liverpool representative wearing the Three Lions. Always.
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Tuchel just ended that streak with a single squad announcement.
Trent Alexander-Arnold is the headline absence. The man has reinvented himself at Real Madrid. He is playing the best football of his career. He still cannot get into the England squad. Curtis Jones has been quietly excellent for Liverpool all season. Not enough. Harvey Elliott has the kind of creative spark England lack in midfield. Not selected. Joe Gomez has been solid whenever called upon. Nope.
This is not a Liverpool in crisis. They finished third in the Premier League. They played some genuinely good football under Arne Slot. This is a manager who simply did not rate what he saw from the Anfield contingent. Whether that says more about Tuchel or about how the national team views Liverpool right now is the debate that will rage until the first ball is kicked.
Some fans are calling it disrespect. Others are saying it reflects where Liverpool actually are in the pecking order. The truth is probably somewhere in between. What is undeniable is that a streak stretching back four decades just vanished quietly. No farewell. No tribute. Just a squad list without a single Liverpool name on it.
The last time this happened, England went out in the quarter-finals to Argentina. Hand of God. The rest is history. What happens this time is anyone’s guess. But for the first time in forty years, Liverpool fans will watch an England tournament with no emotional investment in who wears the shirt.
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Not a single Red in the squad… I need to sit down. This feels illegal
Liverpool finished THIRD. This isn’t a dead team. Tuchel just genuinely looked at every Liverpool player and said nah
England about to play a World Cup with zero Liverpool players. The end times are here fr
1986 was FORTY YEARS AGO. Let that sink in. My dad wasn’t even born yet 💀
This just proves international football is broken. Club form means nothing
Trent should’ve been the first name on the team sheet. Fight me
As a United fan even I’m confused lmao. Surely Trent deserves a spot
Carragher is gonna have a field day on commentary when he realizes this stat
Watch England crash out in the group stage now. The football gods don’t forget
Trent at Real Madrid playing the best football of his career and still can’t get in?? Make it make sense please
No Curtis Jones either?? That guy literally cooked all season for Liverpool. What else does he need to do?
Harvey Elliott not even in the conversation is actually crazy. Tell me one midfielder in that squad with his creativity
Tuchel better win the whole thing. If you’re gonna break a 40 year streak, you better bring the trophy home
LMAOOO 40 year streak gone just like that?? Tuchel really said “I don’t rate anyone at Anfield” and moved on 😭
Honestly though.. who from Liverpool DESERVES to be there on form? Maybe Trent. That’s it. Let’s be real
This is what happens when your national team manager is German. No bias. No favorites. Just “you’re not good enough”
Gomez could’ve easily been backup CB but Tuchel picked Dan Burn instead. DAN BURN. I’m screaming
Imagine telling someone in 2019 that by 2026 England would have NO Liverpool players. They’d laugh in your face