Roy Keane warns England star he will be dropped by Thomas Tuchel for next match | Football

Roy Keane says Phil Foden is in danger of losing his place under Thomas Tuchel after England’s 2-0 win over Albania.

Goals from Myles Lewis-Skelly and Harry Kane sealed England’s victory at Wembley in Tuchel’s first game in charge.

However, Tuchel admitted after the game that he wanted to see more from both Foden and Marcus Rashford, who failed to register a shot on target before they were substituted in the 74th minute.

England will now play Latvia in their second 2026 World Cup qualifier at Wembley on Monday evening.

Speaking after England’s win on Friday night, Ian Wright feels both Foden and Rashford were ‘fortunate’ to make Tuchel’s first England squad.

‘What it sounded to me like he wants people taking people on, too many side passes coming back, we saw that a lot with Phil, we saw Marcus running down into blind alleys a little bit,’ Wright told ITV.

‘But I think that if anything, I thought those two are both fortunate to call in with the way it’s going for them at the moment, obviously Marcus is getting a bit of a renaissance at Villa.

‘But the way they played today it’s probably something you’d look at, if I’m on the outside of that as an English player from the wing point of view, I’d be thinking, ‘I’ve got to step my game up, I might get a shout here’.

Keane, meanwhile, was scathing about Foden’s recent form for Manchester City and says he doesn’t expect anything when the 24-year-old is on the ball.

‘If you’re one of those attacking players and you’ve come off the pitch and dominated a game like that against a poor Albanian team and you’ve not scored a goal, not had a shot on target, you’ve not tested the goalkeeper, you’d be disappointed because you’re there to affect games,’ Keane said.

‘You’ve got a new manager and you want to make a good impression. Rashford and Foden certainly didn’t do that tonight.

‘I think he [Foden] might be lacking in confidence and he’s definitely off it, his club form is not great.

‘We know he’s got that quality, usually when Foden’ at his best you’re going, ‘something’s going to happen’, even when he cuts in he picks a pass out, gets a shot away. He done none of that tonight, every time he gets the ball now I don’t expect anything from Foden at the moment.’

Asked if Foden would rather play as a No.10 than on the right wing, Keane replied: ‘You can’t go down that road, wherever he’s playing you affect the game and he didn’t do that tonight.

‘Listen, Foden won’t have that problem coming up about where he wants to play because he won’t be playing, that’s a bigger problem for him.’

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