{"id":551619,"date":"2025-11-05T22:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/551619\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T22:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:37:14","slug":"england-thomas-tuchel-dealt-injury-blow-as-old-issue-resurfaces-for-key-foward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/551619\/","title":{"rendered":"England: Thomas Tuchel dealt injury blow as old issue resurfaces for key foward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/thomas-tuchel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Thomas Tuchel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Thomas Tuchel<\/a> has been handed a fresh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:injury;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">injury<\/a> worry ahead of the November international break after Anthony Gordon was injured in Newcastle\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/champions-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Champions League;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Champions League<\/a> win over Athletic Club.<\/p>\n<p>The winger has been a fixture in Tuchel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/england\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:England;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">England<\/a> setup and started in wins over Wales and Latvia during the October international break.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But he may not be available for this month\u2019s World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon came into Wednesday night\u2019s match having scored four goals in three Champions League appearances, but could not get on the scoresheet against Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>He went down off the ball in the 41st minute, and was replaced after receiving treatment on the pitch. Jacob Murphy came on in his stead.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon had been spotted clutching his hip for a few minutes before he was hooked.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Out: Anthony Gordon was unable to continue after appearing to injure his hip (AFP via Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"643\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5b9485b27ce18fa28942da376f931355.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Out: Anthony Gordon was unable to continue after appearing to injure his hip (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>He had been forced to leave the England camp early back in March after picking up a hip issue in a 2-0 win over Albania.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the time, Tuchel said: \u201cHe looks injured. It\u2019s his hip and it does not look good. It\u2019s a bit worrying, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As England have already qualified for the 2026 World Cup in the United States by beating Latvia 5-0 in October, Gordon\u2019s absence will not have much short-term sporting impact for the Three Lions.<\/p>\n<p>It will, however, affect Tuchel\u2019s preparations for next summer. Upcoming fixtures will be key for Tuchel to figure out his best squad and fine-tune his tactics ahead of next summer\u2019s tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Tuchel is due to announce his squad on Friday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Tuchel has been handed a fresh injury worry ahead of the November international break after Anthony Gordon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5008],"tags":[16404,33364,748,1614,393,4884,154606,16205,130640,6573,16,15,1764,45880],"class_list":["post-551619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-england","tag-anthony-gordon","tag-athletic-club","tag-britain","tag-champions-league","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-international-break","tag-jacob-murphy","tag-stead","tag-thomas-tuchel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales","tag-world-cup-qualifiers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115499489428117414","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}