Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott is on the verge of earning his first England cap, with the 22-year-old expected to feature in the World Cup warm-up friendlies against New Zealand and Costa Rica in the United States.

Scott is among five supplementary players — alongside Rio Ngumoha, Josh King, Jason Steele, and Ethan Nwaneri — who have travelled to England's pre-tournament camp in Florida. None of the five were included in Thomas Tuchel's final 26-man World Cup squad, but all are eligible to play in the upcoming friendlies.

Waiting on European finalists

The camp has been shaped by the scheduling demands of European club football. Arsenal quartet Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, and Noni Madueke, along with Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson, are yet to link up with the group following their involvement in European finals.

Henderson is expected to arrive within 24 hours, while the remaining four are due to report over the weekend. Crucially, the five supplementary players will remain in Florida for the full duration of the camp rather than departing when those reinforcements arrive.

Scott's chance to impress

Of the five additional call-ups, Scott is the only one who still holds a realistic prospect of forcing his way into the full World Cup squad — having been named in Tuchel's provisional 55-man list for the tournament. Should any injury occur ahead of the competition, he is positioned as the leading candidate to step in.

His road to this point has not been straightforward. Scott received his first senior England call-up for the November fixtures against Serbia and Albania but did not take to the pitch on either occasion. Tuchel then left him out of squads for the March matches against Japan and Uruguay, before omitting him from the final World Cup party entirely.

The head coach explained his decision to bring the five extra players to Florida by singling out Scott for particular praise.