{"id":2123,"date":"2026-05-22T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:39:26","slug":"maguire-shocked-to-be-omitted-from-england-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/maguire-shocked-to-be-omitted-from-england-world-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Maguire &#8216;shocked&#8217; to be omitted from England World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-34.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-34-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-34-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England defender Harry Maguire said Thursday he was &#8220;shocked and gutted&#8221; to have been left out of Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German coach will name his 26-man squad for the tournament in North America on Friday and began making calls to players the previous<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German coach will name his 26-man squad for the tournament in North America on Friday and began making calls to players the previous day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manchester United&#8217;s Maguire was part of the England squad in March, having received his first call-up under Tuchel, but the 66-cap defender has confirmed he will not be going to the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centre-back, 33, posted on social media: &#8220;I was confident I could have played a major part this summer for my country after the season I&#8217;ve had. I&#8217;ve been left shocked and gutted by the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve loved nothing more than putting that shirt on and representing my country over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I wish the players all the best this summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maguire has played a major role for United since Michael Carrick took charge at Old Trafford in January, helping the team finish third in the Premier League.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England defender Harry Maguire said Thursday he was &#038;#8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2125,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions\/2125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}