Konsa out of the Croatia game and Hill called up, Zaniolo leaves Italy camp, D'Aversa to Sassuolo, Carrick decision due

Ezri Konsa will miss England’s Nations League game against Croatia at Wembley on Thursday, and Bournemouth’s James Hill has been called up for the first time as cover, BBC Sport reported on Tuesday. Konsa, the Arsenal defender, left the Champions League win at Slavia Prague last Wednesday with a knee injury and then played the full 90 minutes against Hull on Saturday. The BBC’s report said he “will return to full training this week, before England’s game against Spain in Madrid on Sunday”. The FA’s squad page now lists Hill, 24, with a note that he was called up on Tuesday 10 November; the BBC’s report says Hill has played every minute of Bournemouth’s Premier League and Europa League seasons so far.

Hill is the second addition to Thomas Tuchel’s squad in three days. Dan Burn of Newcastle replaced Marc Guéhi, who withdrew with a hip injury on Sunday, as this site reported on Tuesday. Harry Kane is captain for both games and would become England’s most-capped men’s player, with 126 appearances, if he plays on Thursday, the FA’s page says. Tuchel said when the squad was named: “We are desperate to win the game against Croatia and then have Spain after that.”

Zaniolo leaves Italy’s camp

Nicolò Zaniolo of Udinese has left Italy’s training camp at Coverciano for personal reasons, two days before Thursday’s game against France at San Siro, Sky Sport Italia reported on Tuesday. The same report said Gianluca Mancini of Roma is out with a muscle strain and that Matteo Palma, the Udinese player born in 2008, was called up after FIFA approved his switch from Germany’s youth teams, which this site noted on Tuesday. Sky Sport Italia counts five players in Roberto Mancini’s squad who have never been called up before: Riccardo Cassano, Simone Lontani, who has since been sent down to the under-19s, Alphadjo Cisse, Mattia Liberali and Palma. Italy play France on Thursday at 20:45 CET and Belgium in Brussels on Sunday.

Sassuolo appoint D’Aversa until June

Sassuolo have given Roberto D’Aversa the job of first-team coach until 30 June 2027, the club announced on Tuesday, the day after Alberto Aquilani was sacked. The club’s statement names Salvatore Sullo as his assistant and Marco Bizzarri as goalkeeping coach, says D’Aversa took his first training session on Tuesday afternoon, and sets his presentation press conference for Thursday 12 November at 12:30 CET at the Mapei Football Center.

United’s board expected to recommend sacking Carrick

Manchester United’s chief executive Omar Berrada and director of football Jason Wilcox are expected to recommend to Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazer family that head coach Michael Carrick be sacked, BBC Sport reported on Monday night, in a story by Sami Mokbel and Simon Stone. The report said “no final decision on Carrick’s future has been made”. Carrick, 45, was interim coach from January and signed a two-year contract in the summer; United have won one of ten league games this season and sit 18th, a point above Crystal Palace, which the BBC calls the club’s worst start to a top-flight season since 1986-87. The same report said Eddie Howe and Julian Nagelsmann were sounded out in October, that Antonio Conte is said to be keen and that Mauricio Pochettino’s contract with the United States team is reported to contain clauses that would let him leave for certain jobs. Carrick said after Sunday’s 4-4 draw with Aston Villa that he deserved to stay, as this site reported on Tuesday. No statement from the club had appeared by 07:30 CET on Wednesday.

Le Havre: Digard suspended, Karam in charge for now

Le Havre’s coach Didier Digard has been suspended by the club pending a disciplinary procedure, and Jaïr Karam, the director of the club’s training centre, has been interim coach since 2 November, according to a club statement dated 31 October. The same statement said the owner, Blue Crow Sports Group, had accepted in principle the resignation of the president, Jean-Michel Roussier, and that “a new chairman and chief executive will be officially named very soon”. The club’s news page on Tuesday carried no appointment; Karam took the press conference before Sunday’s game, which Le Havre lost 0-2 at home to Lorient.

Serbia without Vlahović, Germany without Anton

Dušan Vlahović has pulled out of Serbia’s squad for the games against Germany on Friday and Greece on Monday for a private matter, Večernje novosti reported, quoting coach Veljko Paunović; Strahinja Pavlović of Milan is also out, replaced by Milan Krpić. For Germany, Waldemar Anton of Dortmund misses both games with a muscle problem and Ridle Baku of RB Leipzig has been called up, the German federation said on Sunday. The full picture of both squads is in this site’s preview of Friday’s game in Belgrade.

Sources

1. Hill gets first England call-up as Konsa misses Croatia game, BBC Sport (as carried by Yahoo Sports). Read 01:12 ET, Nov 11, 2026.
2. England senior men's football squad announced for November games with Croatia and Spain, The FA. Read 01:08 ET, Nov 11, 2026.
3. Thomas Tuchel interview: November squad announcement, The FA. Read 01:27 ET, Nov 11, 2026.
4. Italia, i convocati di Mancini per la Nations League: Zaniolo lascia il ritiro, Palma al posto di Gianluca Mancini, Sky Sport Italia. Read 01:18 ET, Nov 11, 2026.
5. Roberto D'Aversa è il nuovo allenatore della Prima Squadra, U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Read 01:08 ET, Nov 11, 2026.
6. Man Utd expected to sack head coach Carrick, BBC Sport (as carried by Yahoo Sports). Read 01:16 ET, Nov 11, 2026.
7. Communiqué de presse, 31 octobre 2026, Havre Athletic Club. Read 01:14 ET, Nov 11, 2026.
8. Trêve internationale de novembre 2026: les Hacmen en sélections, Havre Athletic Club. Read 01:14 ET, Nov 11, 2026.
9. Dušan Vlahović opet ne igra za Srbiju, Večernje novosti. Read 01:13 ET, Nov 11, 2026.
10. Anton fällt aus, Baku nachnominiert, DFB. Read 01:05 ET, Nov 11, 2026.

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