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Gareth Southgate's England squad has clean bill of health heading into World Cup

England manager Gareth Southgate speaks during a press conference on the eve of their international friendly against Italy
Image: Gareth Southgate's England squad has avoided any injuries since it was named last month

Sky Sports News understands there are no injury concerns in England's World Cup squad and Gareth Southgate will confirm an unchanged final 23 later on Monday.

England came through the 2-1 win over Nigeria at Wembley on Saturday unscathed and will have one more full training session at St George's Park on Monday before Southgate makes his squad official.

England's Road to Russia

Southgate still has one pre-tournament friendly before the team heads out to Russia, with England taking on Costa Rica at Elland Road on Thursday.

England's training squad will also be boosted by the return of Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold on Monday.

The Liverpool pair were given extra time off after playing in the Champions League final on May 26 and are yet to begin work with the rest of the squad.

Jordan Henderson
Image: Jordan Henderson will be back training with Southgate's squad on Monday

They trained on their own on Sunday with the rest of the squad not having an official training session the day after their victory over the Super Eagles.

Both are expected to play against Costa Rica, and the five standby players could also be involved as they will remain with the squad all week.

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England's World Cup squad:

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Jack Butland (Stoke City), Nick Pope (Burnley).

Defenders: Kyle Walker (Manchester City), John Stones (Manchester City), Harry Maguire (Leicester City), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ashley Young (Manchester United), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham).

Midfielders: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Dele Alli (Tottenham), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace), Fabian Delph (Manchester City).

Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal).

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