Gordon: PLANE truth on England paranoia!

ENGLAND winger Anthony Gordon says he is performing with a sense of paranoia to make sure he is on the plane to the World Cup.

- By JONATHAN VEAL

Jude Bellingham

Jude Bellingham’s absence from Thomas Tuchel’s squad for the friendly with Wales at Wembley tomorrow and next week’s World Cup qualifier against Latvia in Riga shows that no-one's position is safe.

Gordon has been a regular under Tuchel and impressed during last month's 5-0 win over Serbia, but the Newcastle man is not allowing himself to get carried away.

“At this level, you see the squad changing all the time, players coming in, players leaving,” he said. “I think you've almost got to be a bit paranoid that you're not going to get in because it pushes you even further. You've always got to challenge yourself because the lads you’re competing with are always at the highest level because that’s the level we're playing at.