Djed joins exclusive list of Spurs players to represent England at the World Cup

The defender was named in Thomas Tuchel's 26-man squad for the tournament held in the USA, Mexico and Canada this summer. England face Croatia (17 June), Ghana (23 June) and Panama (27 June) in Group L.

Djed, 25, earned the first of his four caps against Serbia in World Cup qualifying in September. He last featured in the 1-1 friendly draw against Uruguay at Wembley in March.

Tuchel's England squad in full

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), James Trafford (Manchester City).

Defenders: Reece James (Chelsea), Tino Livramento (Newcastle), Marc Guehi (Manchester City), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), John Stones (Manchester City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City), Dan Burn (Newcastle), Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur).

Midfielders: Declan Rice (Arsenal), Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal).

Forwards: Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Noni Madueke (Arsenal), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona, on loan from Manchester United), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle).

Spurs and England at the World Cup

We had four players in the first England squad to travel to the tournament in 1950 - Eddie Baily, Ted Ditchburn, Bill Nicholson and Alf Ramsey, all members of our 'push and run' team that would clinch the First Division title the next season. Alf played all three matches and Eddie made his England debut in the third. Bill and Ted did not feature. Sir Alf went on to manage England to their World Cup trumph in 1966. Bill, 'Mr Tottenham', led us to the glory, glory years of the early 1960s and early 1970s.

Jimmy Greaves and Maurice Norman played all four games as England went out in the quarter-finals to Brazil in 1962 while Greavsie was famously injured during the group stages of 1966 and couldn't regain his place back in the team as England lifted the Jules Rimet Trophy at Wembley in 1966.

Alan Mullery and Martin Peters played all the games as England went out in the quarter-finals against West Germany in 1970 - Alan scored in that game - and Glenn Hoddle played in his first World Cup in Spain in 1982.

Glenn returned with Chris Waddle and Gary Stevens as England reached the quarter-finals again in 1986 - beaten by Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal in Mexico - while Gary Lineker and Paul Gascoigne starred in England's run to the semi-finals in Italy in 1990, the tournament that lifted Gazza onto the the world stage.

Darren Anderton scored in a group game in France in 1998 - England managed by Glenn Hoddle - and Jermain Defoe scored in the 2010 finals in South Africa.

Harry Kane took on the mantle in 2018 and became the first Spurs player to win the tournament's Golden Boot with six goals, spearheading Gareth Southgate's Three Lions to the semi-finals, where they lost against Croatia. Kieran Trippier scored a free-kick in that game. Earlier, Dele scored in the quarter-final against Sweden, while three Spurs players - Kane, Trippier and Eric Dier - scored in the penalty shoot-out to beat Colombia in the Round of 16.

Spurs players in England World Cup squads

1950 – Eddie Baily, Ted Ditchburn, Bill Nicholson, Alf Ramsey
1954 – None in squad
1958 – Maurice Norman, Bobby Smith
1962 – Jimmy Greaves, Maurice Norman
1966 – Jimmy Greaves
1970 – Alan Mullery, Martin Peters
1982 – Ray Clemence, Glenn Hoddle
1986 – Glenn Hoddle, Gary Stevens, Chris Waddle
1990 – Paul Gascoigne, Gary Lineker
1998 – Darren Anderton, Sol Campbell, Les Ferdinand
2002 – Teddy Sheringham
2006 – Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas, Aaron Lennon, Paul Robinson
2010 – Peter Crouch, Michael Dawson, Jermain Defoe, Ledley King, Aaron Lennon
2014 – None in squad
2018 - Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Harry Kane, Danny Rose, Kieran Trippier
2022 - Eric Dier, Harry Kane
2026 - Djed Spence

England first played in the World Cup in 1950 and failed to qualify in 1974, 1978 and 1994