Thomas Tuchel began making phone calls 48 hours before he names his World Cup squad.
The England boss had the tough conversations first before he began phoning the 26 lucky ones to tell them they made the cut.
Ivan Toney is hoping to be one of the three strikers in the squad while Jordan Henderson, Levi Colwill and Ollie Watkins are hoping to make it.
Manchester City star Phil Foden is set to miss out and arguably be the biggest omission of all. Trent Alexander-Arnold is expected to be another casualty.
Fikayo Tomori has been told he will not be in and Luke Shaw is also not expected to be promoted from the initial 55 into the final 26-man squad.
