Gareth Southgate will give some England players a mini-break after they report for Nations League finals duty.

Southgate is going to name a bigger than usual squad on Thursday for the tournament, which will see the Three Lions play Holland in a semi-final on June 6 then Portugal or Switzerland in either the final or third-place game three days later.

The chosen players will report on three different dates - the first of them being next Tuesday, May 21 - because some will be involved in the upcoming finals of the FA Cup, Europa League and Champions League.

Boss Southgate will give the first batch the holiday weekend off before the FA Cup finalists from Manchester City (and, if selected, Watford) arrive, after a week's rest of their own, on Monday, May 27.

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Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham players involved in the two European finals have the shortest break as they do not have to report until June 3 — three days before the Holland game.

The schedule is a nightmare for Southgate, who has had a request for special dispensation to name his squad later for fear of players getting injured in the Europa and Champions League showpieces blocked by UEFA.

It all means there is a long gap of almost four weeks between the end of the Premier League season last Sunday and the semi-final for some, with no warm-up international to knock the rust off, but a hectic schedule for others — especially those playing in Madrid on June 1.

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Southgate will name more than 25 players but will have to trim the party down to 23 by a week on Monday.

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He is sweating on the fitness of Harry Kane, who will be included despite not playing for Tottenham in over a month because of an ankle injury. Kane hopes to return for the Champions League Final, but club-mate Harry Winks may not be rushed back as he recovers from groin surgery.

Southgate will resist calling up James Maddison and Aaron Wan-Bissaka from the Under-21s for fear of disrupting that squad's preparations for their European Championship finals starting later in June.

POSSIBLE SQUAD

Keepers (3) Jordan Pickford, Tom Heaton, Jack Butland.

Defenders (9) Joe Gomez, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Michael Keane, Danny Rose, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Kieran Trippier.

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Midfielders (7) Ross Barkley, Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Jordan Henderson, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Harry Winks, Declan Rice.

Forwards (6) Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Callum Wilson.