England have called up the Magpies captain to replace Marc Guehi

Newcastle United captain Dan Burn has been called up into the England squad having originally been left out of the plans by Thomas Tuchel.

The Blyth-born centre-half has been added to Tuchel's squad to face Spain and Croatia in the UEFA Nations League later this month after an injury to Manchester City man Marc Guehi.

Burn has recently returned from an ankle injury that ruled him out of the Three Lions' opening four Nations League matches in September and October and was namechecked by Tuchel as a player they would miss during that extended international camp earlier this year.

The 34-year-old has returned to action this month and started each of Newcastle's last four matches in all competitions. Now he has been given a chance to build on his heroics from the World Cup with Matthias Jaissle - who had been looking at working with Burn and fellow defenders Fabian Schar, Sven Botman and Tino Livramento during the international break - forced to change plans.

A Football Association statement said: "Dan Burn has been added to the England squad following the withdrawal of Marc Guehi through injury.

"The Newcastle United defender, who has eleven caps, joined up with the rest of Thomas Tuchel’s group at Tottenham Hotspur’s training ground on Monday.

"Guehi was substituted at half-time of Manchester City’s fixture at Nottingham Forest on Saturday and will now remain with his club."

Burn became a key member of Tuchel's first 18 months in the job, winning 11 caps and becoming a cult hero during England's run to the semi-finals of the World Cup, with impressive cameos from the bench in the last 16 win over Mexico at the Azteca Stadium and the quarter-final win over Norway in Miami.

He will join Newcastle left-back Lewis Hall who excelled across his three appearances for his country in the last international break.

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England will host Croatia at Wembley Stadium on Thursday, November 12, before rounding off their Nations League group campaign with a trip to Madrid on Sunday, November 15, to take on world champions, Spain.

Tuchel's side need just a point across those two games to guarantee their place in the Nations League quarter-finals in March.

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