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England v Republic of Ireland: New era - who has a point to prove as Lee Carsley takes charge?

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England face the Republic of Ireland in the Nations League on Saturday ( 17:00 BST) Interim manager Lee Carsley named 26 -man squad for the next two games.

Carsley led England to victory in the European Under-21 Championship in 2023 .

Gareth Southgate resigned as England manager after losing to Spain in the Euro 2024 final.

Carsley has made it clear there will be no experiments this time after naming Alexander-Arnold in his squad while omitting Kyle Walker , who played every minute at Euro 2024 . "I think for me, for this camp especially, he'll be a right-back playing in defence," said Carsley about Alexander-Arnold . "At some point I imagine we'll see Trent arriving into that kind of [ midfield ] area, but I see him as a right-back.".