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Manchester City and Chelsea’s early-season plans may be impacted by their participation in the expanded Club World Cup
Richard Jolly
Senior Football Correspondent
Monday 09 June 2025 22:30 BST
But he said none have told him they want to sit out the friendly with Senegal in Nottingham.
He added: “There is not one player who says, ‘by the way, I would like to be on the bench and save myself for the Club World Cup’ so they are hungry to play.”
Tuchel is considering whether to start one of his back-up goalkeepers against Senegal. James Trafford is uncapped and Dean Henderson has only made two senior international appearances after he chose to pick the regular Jordan Pickford against the minnows of Andorra on Saturday.
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“Jordan is, in the moment, in front,” he explained. “We chose a very, very serious line-up against Andorra to also not give the signal that we are preparing something or trying something. There was no doubt we could have played with Trafford or Dean Henderson in goal against Andorra but Jordan is, in the moment, slightly ahead. He will do everything to stay ahead and the others, hopefully, to do everything to challenge him but tomorrow could be a time to give some minutes to Dean or Trafford.”
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