James Maddison and Curtis Jones were included in England's 33-player provisional squad for Euro 2024 but did not make the final 26-player group.

Maddison played 30 minutes in England's 3-0 win over Bosnia on Monday but has now left the Three Lions camp.

Jones, who has yet to earn an England cap, is also not expected to feature in Friday's friendly against Iceland.

The squad must be reduced from 33 to 26 players by 11 PM on Friday, about an hour after England's final Euro 2024 warm-up game against Iceland at Wembley.

Maddison's wait for a major tournament appearance with England continues.

The Tottenham midfielder made the final 2022 World Cup squad but did not play before England's quarter-final exit.

In a poll on digital platforms, readers were asked which attackers should make the final cut for England's Euro 2024 squad.

The options were Ollie Watkins, Ivan Toney, Jack Grealish, Jarrod Bowen, Anthony Gordon, Eberechi Eze, and Maddison.

Maddison received the fewest votes, with only five percent, below Bowen (six percent), Gordon (10 percent), Toney (11 percent), and Grealish (12 percent).

Watkins topped the poll with 32 percent, followed by Eze with 24 percent.

'It's devastating for Maddison.

I know how much he wants to play for England and how committed he is.

Just look at what happened in Qatar in 2022—there was a huge clamor for him as he was playing so well.

Southgate took him, but he picked up an injury and never really shook it off.

He didn't play a minute in the World Cup, but I was told he was a fantastic influence around the camp.

His big smile was evident every day of that England camp.

Southgate values that, but he hasn't been playing well enough for Spurs to command a place in what is the most competitive position in the England squad.

'With three goals and five assists in his first nine Premier League games for Tottenham, Maddison was on course for Player of the Season, let alone a spot in the England Euros squad.

He was a shoo-in nine months ago, but now he is the first to be omitted from this extended England group.

This is no surprise.

His form has dropped off since that scintillating start for Spurs this season.

The only Premier League goal contributions he made since March 10 came against Burnley and Sheffield United, while he was not given a starting role in a makeshift England line-up against Bosnia.

A three-month injury in the middle of the season halted his progress, but his form has not recovered since, and there is a growing pattern in Maddison's seasons.

In the last five campaigns, he has started them strongly then tailed off.

That is not ideal for a player hoping to make summer tournaments for his country.

Perhaps the performances of Eze and others against Bosnia swayed Southgate's thinking.

Both players, who are attacking and wide-midfielder hybrids, impressed in the friendly and may have moved above Maddison in the pecking order.

And with Bellingham and Foden as world-class options on top of that, it means the player who so many clamored for to make the 2022 World Cup squad—and snuck in at the last minute—is the first to be cut from this Euros squad.

'Southgate is taking a pragmatic approach—the players he knows aren't going to be involved and doesn't need for Iceland, he's telling them now.

Other players who might be needed in case of injuries, those announcements will come on Saturday morning.

'It's a blow for Curtis Jones, although he was a surprise inclusion for the training squad because Harvey Elliott played more than him in the final stages of the season.

But Southgate is an admirer of Jones and sees him as an important player for the future.

Southgate has previously said Jones was in his thoughts and implied he would be called up to the spring internationals if he was fit.

My understanding is Jones was told at the same time as Maddison, who has left the camp and won't be involved against Iceland.