Rashford, Mount and Pope out of England squad


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Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount and Newcastle keeper Nick Pope have withdrawn from the England squad for this month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers.

Rashford picked up a knock during his side’s FA Cup quarter-final win against Fulham on Sunday.

Pope, who has 10 caps, suffered an injury in Newcastle’s 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest on Friday.

Mount is also recovering from an injury and will stay with Chelsea.

Tottenham’s Fraser Forster, 35, has been called up to replace Pope but no other replacements are planned by manager Gareth Southgate.

Forster won the last of his six England caps in 2016 though he was included in the squad for two friendly games last season.

Southgate’s side travel to Italy on 23 March before hosting Ukraine at Wembley on 26 March.

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