‘Sensational’ - Chelsea transfer regret as Newcastle United star tipped for World Cup
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Newcastle United latest news: Lewis Hall has been tipped for an England call-up after some good form at club level.
Chris Sutton believes that Newcastle United defender Lewis Hall will be pushing for a place in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad.
Hall scored his first goal of the season at the weekend as his long-range effort, via a couple of fortunate deflections, snuck past Gianluigi Donnarumma in the Manchester City goal. That was just the third goal Hall has scored for the Magpies, with his other two coming away at Old Trafford against Manchester United.
After impressing at the weekend, Hall was given a slight rest against Qarabag on Tuesday night, before being introduced to the game in the second half by Eddie Howe. Despite getting less than 45 minutes to showcase his talents, Hall once again put in a good performance both defensively and in attack.
His performance against Azerbaijani opponents impressed Sutton, though, who tipped him to force himself into Tuchel’s international plans: “From what I have seen of Lewis Hall this season, he has been sensational,” Sutton said on BBC Radio Five Live.
“Great awareness drifting past the Qarabag midfielders and passing to his own players. He will surely be a consideration for Thomas Tuchel's World Cup squad.”
Hall has represented England twice at senior level, with both of his caps coming during Lee Carsley’s brief time as interim manager of the Three Lions. He played 45 minutes of their 3-0 win over Greece before playing 90 minutes as England triumphed 5-0 against the Republic of Ireland a few days later.
Both of those caps came in the Nations League back in November 2024. Since then, Hall has featured for the Under-21’s but has yet to receive a full call-up from Tuchel - a manager who he briefly played under during his time at Chelsea.
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Hall’s rise at Newcastle United to a point where he could easily begin the World Cup as England’s starting left-back will come as no surprise to any Magpies fan who has watched him over the last two seasons following his permanent move from Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2024.
England play Uruguay and Japan during the next international break.
Newcastle United’s defensive options
Hall will certainly get plenty of time to showcase his ability between now and the end of the campaign, if he can stay injury fit. Tino Livramento, who will also hope to impress Tuchel before he names his final squad for the World Cup, remains sidelined with injury but could return before the next set of international fixtures.
With Emil Krafth out for the remainder of the campaign, Hall, Livramento and Kieran Trippier are currently the only out and out fullback options that Howe has in his squad. Dan Burn can fill in at left-back if required, although injuries at centre-back have also stretched those options.
Having come through Tuesday night’s Champions League match without any further injury concerns, Howe will have Malick Thiaw back from suspension against Everton on Saturday. The Toffees were beaten by Manchester United on Monday night and were on the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline in the reverse fixture against the Magpies in November.