England boss Wiegman names 25-player squad for October friendlies | OneFootball

England head coach Sarina Wiegman has named a 25-player squad for this month’s international friendlies against Germany and South Africa.

The Lionesses face Germany at Wembley on Friday 25 October 2024 before taking on South Africa at the Coventry Building Society Arena on Tuesday 29 October 2024.

Aston Villa defender Lucy Parker has received a recall to the squad after overcoming injury while Arsenal’s Lotte Wubben-Moy and Chelsea’s Lauren James also return. Goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse and forwards Aggie Beever-Jones and Jess Naz have retained their places after impressing Wiegman during the last camp.

Speaking after naming her squad, Wiegman said “This is an important international window for us and I can’t wait to get back together at St. George’s Park. The players and staff worked hard to automatically secure our place in next summer’s EURO, allowing all of our focus and attention to now go into making sure we’re ready for the tournament when it begins on 2 July.

“Qualifying directly for the finals provides us with a very valuable opportunity to play four friendlies this autumn and lay the foundations for next summer. We’ve been able to carefully select our opponents and we’ve got two exciting and different challenges this window.

“To play Germany at Wembley Stadium is very special and it’s so important that we get experience of executing our style of play against top opponents. Then South Africa in Coventry, a city and a stadium we know well, will test us in different ways. They showed in the World Cup in 2023 how quickly they are progressing and the high level they are at now. We’ll need to be at our very best on both evenings.

“The fans are always so brilliant whenever we play and tickets are still available for both games, so we’d love as much support as possible and another two memorable atmospheres.”

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England Squad

Goalkeepers: Mary Earps (Paris Saint-Germain), Hannah Hampton (Chelsea), Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Pride)

Defenders: Millie Bright (Chelsea), Lucy Bronze (Chelsea), Jess Carter (NJ/NY Gotham FC), Alex Greenwood (Manchester City), Maya Le Tisser (Manchester United), Esme Morgan (Washington Spirit), Lucy Parker (Aston Villa), Leah Williamson (Arsenal), Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal)

Midfielders: Grace Clinton (Manchester United), Fran Kirby (Brighton & Hove Albion), Jess Park (Manchester City), Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich), Ella Toone (Manchester United), Keira Walsh (FC Barcelona).

Forwards: Aggie Beever-Jones (Chelsea), Lauren Hemp (Manchester City), Lauren James (Chelsea), Chloe Kelly (Manchester City), Beth Mead (Arsenal), Jess Naz (Tottenham Hotspur), Alessia Russo (Arsenal)