Jesse Lingard, Fabian Delph and Kieran Trippier earned call-ups, despite struggling for form during the 2018/19 season.
Lingard scored just four league goals, Delph failed to make Pep Guardiola’s matchday squad at times and Trippier even admitted he ‘could have done a lot better’ this term.
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27-man England squad for Nations League finals in full
Meanwhile, other in-form Premier League stars were snubbed.
talkSPORT.com looks at players who could count themselves unlucky after not making Southgate’s squad.