England issue official Lewis Hall update after Newcastle United injury concern
Newcastle United left-back Lewis Hall missed England training earlier this week.
Lewis Hall has trained with England ahead of their UEFA Nations League opener against Spain at Wembley tomorrow evening.
The 22-year-old linked up with Thomas Tuchel’s squad earlier this week, just days after scoring the winning goal in Newcastle United’s 2-1 victory over Hull City last Saturday.
Joe Willock and Hall both found the net inside the opening seven minutes at St James’ Park before Hull pulled one back midway through the second half. The Magpies then nervously held on to secure their second Premier League win of the campaign.
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Matthias Jaissle’s side did so despite being without seven outfield players, with Amar Dedic, Tino Livramento, Nico Gonzalez, Jacob Ramsey, Joelinton, Anthony Elanga and Will Osula all missing through injury.
Fears then arose that Hall had joined that lengthy injury list when it emerged that the left-back had sat out England’s training session on Wednesday afternoon.
“23 players are out training at St. George’s Park this afternoon,” England’s official X account said. “Lewis Hall sits out this session while the group are joined by U19s Kaden Braithwaite and Malachi Hardy.”
However, those concerns have quickly been put to bed, with Hall pictured back in training ahead of England’s meeting with Spain.
Newcastle United shared a photo of the defender involved in the session on their official X account, suggesting there is no immediate concern over his fitness.
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Hall is aiming to make his first Three Lions appearance since March after he was left out of the World Cup squad.
“I was gutted, to be honest,” Hall said on his World Cup omission. In football, you never take anything for granted. But yes, I wasn't necessarily expecting it, if I'm being completely honest. Obviously, everyone has their own opinions, like I mentioned before.
You've got to respect that. But at the same time, as soon as the first couple of weeks were done, when I realised I wasn't really there, I just had to think to myself, ‘If I wasn't a footballer, what would I be doing?’
“And that's supporting England. I was just with my mates, watching the game together and being a fan. Honestly, we had so many players at the World Cup, so I was obviously all supporting them.”