Is Harry Maguire a shoo-in for Gareth Southgate? Can the injured Kalvin Phillips win his race to be fit? Could Ivan Toney jump above Tammy Abraham and Marcus Rashford in the pecking order?
The Sky Sports England World Cup squad ladder is here!
From now until England boss Southgate names his 26-man group for Qatar 2022, with his announcement expected on October 20 ahead of the tournament’s start date of November 20, we will be ranking the players we deem most likely to make the cut.
A lot can change over the course of the next month, so keep checking Sky Sports to see which players on our 40-man ladder are on the up – and which players are on the slide.
Why Maguire may be a shoo-in
There are certain players who are all but guaranteed to make it – think Harry Kane (1st), Raheem Sterling (2nd), Declan Rice (3rd) and Jordan Pickford (4th) – but does that list still include Harry Maguire?
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