Manchester United's English defender Luke Shaw. AFP / Oli SCARFF
LONDON: Back in favor with Jose Mourinho at Manchester United, Luke Shaw has earned a recall to the England squad for the first time in 18 months.
The left back has impressed for United in its underwhelming start to the Premier League and has been rewarded with a place in a squad containing 18 of the 23 players who helped England surprisingly reach the World Cup semifinals.
Liverpool players Joe Gomez and Adam Lallana, Burnley defender James Tarkowski and Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy are the other players picked who did not travel to Russia.
England coach Gareth Southgate says he mostly opted for continuity because "those who were with us in the summer deserve the right to go again."
England hosts Spain in the UEFA Nations League on Sept. 8 and Switzerland in a friendly three days later.
