Chelsea's Reece James has been included in the England squad for this month's triple-header of World Cup qualifiers because of his "exceptional" club form, manager Gareth Southgate has said after taking the ruthless decision to drop Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold. England face San Marino, Albania and Poland later this month as they being their road to Qatar as well as build up for this summer's European Championship. While the decision to include James and Atletico Madrid's Kieran Trippier instead of Alexander-Arnold is unlikely to go down well on Merseyside, the Three Lions boss was clear in his reasoning. "There are are areas where we have incredible competition for places," Southgate said. "Trent is very unfortunate but I don't think he's played at the level that he found in the last couple of years. He's getting close to that now. In the last few weeks he's definitely taken steps in the right direction. "It's...
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