SAINTS defender and Young Lions captain Taylor Harwood-Bellis was invited to join Thomas Tuchel's England squad in training this week.

Harwood-Bellis was called up by England for the November camp under interim boss Lee Carsley and scored at Wembley on his senior debut.

The 23 year old headed home the fifth goal in a 5-0 Nations League win over Republic of Ireland but has returned to the under-21s squad this month. 

A senior squad of 26 players were joined by young trio Harwood-Bellis, Adam Wharton and Liam Delap as the competition to impress Tuchel begins.

Tuchel’s reign starts with a World Cup qualifier against Albania on Friday followed by a second game at Wembley on Monday against Latvia.

Chelsea forward Cole Palmer was absent as England trained fully for the first time under Tuchel ahead of this weekend's tournament qualifiers. 

Palmer has not yet joined up with Tuchel as he remains at his club for further assessment on an injury picked up ahead of Sunday’s defeat at Arsenal.

He looks set to be out of the two games, but Palmer’s fitness concern was pre-empted by the late call-up of Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White.

All other players took part in Tuesday’s session at St George’s Park as Tuchel worked with all of his players for the first time.