{"id":857015,"date":"2026-03-28T23:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T23:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/857015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T23:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T23:05:18","slug":"declan-rice-bukayo-saka-and-noni-madueke-leave-england-squad-with-thomas-tuchel-worried-about-injured-arsenal-star-ahead-of-japan-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/857015\/","title":{"rendered":"Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke leave England squad with Thomas Tuchel &#8216;worried&#8217; about injured Arsenal star ahead of Japan clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Rice and Saka\u2019s departures are precautionary, there is greater alarm surrounding Noni Madueke after he landed heavily on his left knee during the stalemate with Uruguay. The 24-year-old was forced off in the 37th minute following a robust challenge from Rodrigo Aguirre and was later spotted leaving the stadium with his leg in a protective brace. It represents a significant blow for a player who was looking to cement his place in Tuchel&#8217;s plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m worried, of course, because I think he was a difference-maker,\u201d Tuchel said of the Arsenal winger. \u201cHe started well, he was full of energy, he was ready to go. Very sad and upset and hopefully it&#8217;s not a big injury. And I think against a team like Uruguay, who rely on one-against-ones, to isolate them, he makes the spaces open up and he could have been a key player for us, which he is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Rice and Saka\u2019s departures are precautionary, there is greater alarm surrounding Noni Madueke after he landed heavily&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5008],"tags":[244190,748,155720,393,240020,240019,86329,4884,2122,244191,16,15,22710],"class_list":["post-857015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-england","tag-b-saka","tag-britain","tag-d-rice","tag-england","tag-england-vs-japan","tag-england-vs-uruguay","tag-friendlies","tag-great-britain","tag-japan","tag-n-madueke","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-uruguay"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116309309909365631","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857015","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=857015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}