Tuchel explains shock Bellingham omission from England squad

Thomas Tuchel explained why Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham is still out of the squad despite return from injury

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00:00First of all, I understand your focus on Jude, of course.

00:03First of all, he's a very special player.

00:06And for special players, there can always be special rules.

00:09I get this.

00:11But for this camp, we decided that we stick with our straightforward decision

00:17to invite the same team.

00:19That applies also then for Jude.

00:22He deserves always to be in camp.

00:24He has not gathered fully rhythm yet at Real Madrid.

00:28He is back in the team.

00:30He hasn't finished one full match until now.

00:33He has only started one match.

00:35So he is at the moment in the period where he gets his rhythm,

00:41where he gets back to full strength.

00:43He wanted to be called up.

00:44We had a phone call.

00:47There was no issue from that side.

00:49He just lacks rhythm.

00:51He hasn't finished one complete match, like I said.

00:54And on top of it, we stayed to our decision to go with the same squad.

00:59First of all, I want to get to this moment.