Coach England coach Gareth Southgate has identified a list of 25 players who will prepare for qualifying matches of the 2018 World Cup against Slovenia and Lithuania.

On the eve of the final matches of the qualifying tournament World Cup 2018 Gareth Southgate named the list of players who will be able to play against Slovenia (October 5) and Lithuania (October 8). Fears that Gareth Southgate will not cause in the national team Dela Alli, who showed an indecent gesture during the match against the Slovak national team, did not come true.

Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke City), Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (West Ham), Jordan Pickford (Everton).

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), Michael Keane (Everton), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Chris Smalling, Phil Jones (both Manchester United), John Stones, Kyle Walker (both of Manchester City), Trippier (Tottenham).

Midfielders:

Eric Dyer (Tottenham), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxland-Chamberlain (both - Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Jake Livermore (West Bromwich).

Forwards: Dele Alli, Harry Kane (both of Tottenham), Jermain Defoe (Bournemouth), Marcus Rushford (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool).

The England squad leads in Group F with a five-point lead from Slovakia and may already on October 5 at Wembley guarantee a place in the final tournament of the World Cup.