Maddison Presented With England Squad Number

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Maddison Presented With England Squad Number

Leicester City midfielder James Maddison will wear the No.25 shirt for England at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

2022-11-15T08:44:05.146Z

by Sam Stevens

Published

15 Nov, 2022

Maddison Presented With England Squad Number

Leicester City midfielder James Maddison will wear the No.25 shirt for England at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Sam Stevens

2022-11-15T08:44:05.146Z

Maddison Presented With England Squad Number

Leicester City midfielder James Maddison will wear the No.25 shirt for England at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Sam Stevens

2022-11-15T08:44:05.146Z

Maddison Presented With England Squad Number

Leicester City midfielder James Maddison will wear the No.25 shirt for England at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Sam Stevens

2022-11-15T08:44:05.146Z

Maddison Presented With England Squad Number

Leicester City midfielder James Maddison will wear the No.25 shirt for England at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Sam Stevens

2022-11-15T08:44:05.146Z

- James Maddison to wear No.25 for England at the FIFA World Cup- The Leicester City midfielder has netted seven goals for the Foxes this season- England will face Iran, the USA and Wales in Group B in Qatar

Maddison, 25, was formally presented with a Three Lions shirt adorned with his new number by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales this week at St. George's Park in Burton. The England squad will fly out to Qatar for the 2022 contest this week.

Foxes midfielder Maddison was called up by manager Gareth Southgate after following a 2021/22 campaign which involved him scoring 18 goals with another seven this term, as well as four assists in 2022/23. Last season's Leicester City Player of the Season has one cap to his name, won against Montenegro in 2019.

Elsewhere, City's three Belgium stars have also been handed their World Cup squad numbers. Wout Faes will wear No.4 in Qatar, while Youri Tielemans is No.8 and Timothy Castagne has been assigned with the No.21 shirt. For Wales, goalkeeper Danny Ward will adorn the No.12 jersey. Ghana's Daniel Amartey will wear No.18 and Senegal midfielder Papy Mendy is No.6.