Hemp returns to England squad however James misses out

Ahead Lauren Hemp has returned to the England squad for the primary time since Euro 2025 after recovering from damage, however Lauren James will not be included.

Manchester Metropolis’s Hemp, 25, was out with an ankle damage for 2 months however featured in her facet’s victories over Everton and .

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In the meantime James, 24, returned for Chelsea’s 6-0 win over St Polten final week and their 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Sunday as an alternative.

Nevertheless, she is but to begin a recreation this season after sustaining an ankle damage within the that led to a four-month absence.

Lionesses supervisor Sarina Wiegman has named a 25-player squad for the friendlies in opposition to China and Ghana on 29 November and a pair of December respectively.

West Ham’s uncapped defender Anouk Denton is recalled after being named within the squad final month, whereas there’s a first senior call-up for London Metropolis Lionesses ahead Freya Godfrey, who has impressed within the Girls’s Tremendous League this season.

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Manchester Metropolis midfielder Grace Clinton additionally returns having pulled out of the pleasant win over Australia and defeat by Brazil in October due to a “small damage”.

Elsewhere, Gotham FC defender Jess Carter has been given time to get better from the conclusion of the Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League (NWSL) play-offs, however Washington Spirit centre-back Esme Morgan is included regardless of beginning in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Portland Thorns.

Chelsea goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, who received the for finest goalkeeper on the Ballon d’Or awards, has a thigh damage and misses out.

The 24-year-old has been within the headlines after former England team-mate Mary Earps .

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Euros star Michelle Agyemang, 19, will not be within the squad after in final month’s 3-0 win over Australia.

Captain Leah Williamson, 28, and Manchester Metropolis’s Alex Greenwood, 32, are additionally absent with knee accidents, whereas Arsenal teen Katie Reid, 19, misses out with an ACL damage having obtained her first senior call-up in October.

Full England squad

Goalkeepers: Khiara Keating (Manchester Metropolis), Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Satisfaction), Sophie Baggaley (Brighton).

Defenders: Lucy Bronze (Chelsea), Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal), Niamh Charles (Chelsea), Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United), Esme Morgan (Washington Spirit), Taylor Hinds (Arsenal), Grace Fisk (Liverpool), Anouk Denton (West Ham).

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Midfielders: Grace Clinton (Manchester Metropolis), Ella Toone (Manchester United), Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich), Keira Walsh (Chelsea), Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester Metropolis), Missy Bo Kearns (Aston Villa), Lucia Kendell (Aston Villa).

Forwards: Beth Mead (Arsenal), Chloe Kelly (Arsenal), Aggie Beever-Jones (Chelsea), Alessia Russo (Arsenal), Lauren Hemp (Manchester Metropolis), Freya Godfrey (London Metropolis Lionesses), Jess Park (Manchester United).

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