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Newcastle United duo Jamaal Lascelles and Jonjo Shelvey are still under consideration for England’s World Cup squad - despite being overlooked for this month’s friendly games with Holland and Italy.

England will make further checks on both players when the Premier League resumes after the latest batch of internationals.

The pair were left disappointed after Gareth Southgate overlooked them and opted against calling them up after injury dropouts in the build-up to the World Cup warm-up games.

Yet Southgate has not closed the door on either player and the England boss was recently in the stands at Anfield for Liverpool’s 2-0 win against the Magpies.

ChronicleLive also understands that Newcastle left-back Paul Dummett is on England’s radar after some steady form in the Premier League in recent weeks.

Dummett has two caps for Wales but neither of his appearances for the Dragons were in competitive fixtures, meaning the defender remains eligible for England.

Southampton’s Ryan Bertrand withdrew from the England squad for the Holland game leaving just Ashley Young and Danny Rose as the only left-backs in Southgate’s squad.

The United Academy product only has an outside chance of an England call-up but injuries in the next couple of months could push him close to the squad ahead of summer friendlies against Nigeria and Costa Rica.

Dummett was wanted by Wales for their friendly games in China this month and was contacted personally by Ryan Giggs who used the prospect of playing alongside Gareth Bale as an incentive to reconsider his international future.

The United full-back stood down temporarily from playing for Wales during Chris Coleman’s stint as boss but Dummett never pulled the plug on the international scene.

However, Dummett remains in the English FA’s national talent pool and his good form for Newcastle has alerted Southgate and his back-room team. Toon boss Rafa Benitez handed Dummett a long-term contract earlier this year and also stated he was good enough for international football.

Benitez said: “Yeah (he is). If we analyse his characteristics the main one is his left-foot.

“There are not too many left full-backs in the market and especially this country.

“Every country has their own problem. Paul is somebody who has experience in the Premier League and can do well.

“He can play in a position that is difficult to find players. So it will be an option for them.

“We will see what he wants to do in the future but he’s a player you can trust.”

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Giggs is expected to return to Dummett in the summer to see if he is keen to play in Wales’ summer friendly away to Mexico.

The former Manchester United star said this month: “I had a conversation with Paul Dummett, because he hasn’t been in the last few squads, and he just felt that it wasn’t the right time to come back.

“He wanted to concentrate on his Newcastle career which I have to respect, and we move on. He (Dummett) said that he wanted to concentrate on Newcastle’s relegation fight so I have to respect that at the moment.

“In the future, we will wait and see.”