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Thomas Tuchel has revealed Ollie Watkins was left out of the England squad for fitness reasons.

The Aston Villa striker has been omitted from the Three Lions set-up as they prepare for World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania.

He was in the squads for the two previous international breaks and has made 15 appearances for his club this term, including 11 starts, albeit he has scored only one goal.

Villa have not said anything about Watkins' fitness but Tuchel claimed today the 29-year-old is managing an injury situation.

The comments came after he named just one striker, Harry Kane, in the group for the two dead rubber qualifying matches.

"No one needs to be nervous, we have a lot of good strikers. Ollie is one of them," he said.

"We just understand and we could obse

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