Squad for Australia trip confirmed

The travelling squad for this week’s visit to Melbourne, Australia, for our post-season friendly against Newcastle United has been confirmed.

The 24 players making the trip are as follows...

George Abbott
Brandon Austin
Rodrigo Bentancur
Leo Black
Alfie Devine
Jamie Donley
Radu Dragusin
Bryan Gil
Tyrese Hall
Brennan Johnson
Dejan Kulusevski
Rio Kyerematen
Emerson Royal
James Maddison
Ashley Phillips
Pedro Porro
Yago Santiago
Pape Matar Sarr
Dane Scarlett
Oliver Skipp
Heung-Min Son
Micky van de Ven
Guglielmo Vicario
Alfie Whiteman

The trip sees Under-21s midfielder Rio Kyerematen and Under-18s midfielder Leo Black travel with the first team for the first time.

We’re set to take on Premier League rivals Newcastle at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Wednesday (22 May), kick-off 7.45pm local time in Australia (10.45am UK).

The fixture marks a return to his home city for Ange Postecoglou, who memorably took charge of the team for the first time on home soil when we faced West Ham United in Perth last summer.

It represents our first return to the world-famous MCG since July, 2016, when we faced Juventus and Atletico Madrid in pre-season action.