Sarina Wiegman has named the England squad she will take to Euro 2025 this summer, and Lauren James has made the cut. The Chelsea forward was an injury doubt for the tournament, having not played since suffering a hamstring problem on her last outing for the Lionesses in April, but she will still be on the plane to Switzerland.
England’s preparation for the all-European showdown will ramp up at the end of this month, when they face Jamaica at the King Power Stadium in their final warm-up friendly. By that point, Wiegman should have a good idea of the starting line-up she plans to wheel out for group-stage matches against France, the Netherlands and Wales in July.
In any case, it will not feature Mary Earps, Fran Kirby or Millie Bright, who each started every single game at Euro 2022.
Earps shocked her team-mates by suddenly retiring from international football last week. Kirby announced she was stepping down from the international stage after being informed that she would not be picked for the tournament, calling the decision ‘a dagger to my heart but also a weight off my shoulders’. And Bright made herself unavaiable for selection due to feeling burnt out.
England’s Euro 2025 squad
Goalkeepers
Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Pride)
Hannah Hampton (Chelsea)
Khiara Keating (Manchester City)
Defenders
Lucy Bronze (Chelsea)
Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal)
Jess Carter (Gotham FC)
Niamh Charles (Chelsea)
Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United)
Esme Morgan (Washington Spirit)
Alex Greenwood (Manchester City)
Leah Williamson (Arsenal)
Midfielders
Grace Clinton (Manchester United)
Jess Park (Manchester City)
Ella Toone (Manchester United)
Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich)
Keira Walsh (Chelsea)
Forwards
Lauren Hemp (Manchester City)
Beth Mead (Arsenal)
Lauren James (Chelsea)
Chloe Kelly (Arsenal)
Aggie Beever-Jones (Chelsea)
Michelle Agyemang (Arsenal)
Alessia Russo (Arsenal)
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