Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins looking to make late surge for England World Cup squad

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/watkins-ollie/rHnOkDD8/"]Watkins[/a], who has 20 appearances for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] ‌and was part of their contingent at ‌Euro 2024, was not included in Thomas Tuchel's 35-man squad for the matches at Wembley after struggling ‌in front of goal for long ⁠spells during the ‌season.[/p][p]Since the squad was announced, however, he has rediscovered ​his touch and netted four times in as many games, including scoring his ​100th goal for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a] in their [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aston-villa-W00wmLO0/bologna-0M9xNN8N/?mid=f34SiwCF"]4-0 win over Bologna[/a] in the Europa League on Thursday.[/p][p]Asked ⁠how he could ​work his way back into the England team, the 30-year-old told TNT Sports: [b]"Just keep scoring goals.[/b][/p][embed guid="e7aa03b9-bad2-477d-b3e9-d1ce1f5f77c1" url="https://x.com/AVFCOfficial/status/2044901649064616438" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"That's all I can do. I was disappointed ‌not to be in the previous squad, but yeah, I can understand his (Tuchel's) reasons for not picking me.[/b][/p][p][b]"I just have to do my talking on the pitch and keep performing well and then score as many as I can come the end of the season."[/b][/p][p]England will play warm-up matches against New Zealand and Costa ‌Rica in June as part of preparations ​for the World Cup, which will be ‌hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19.[/p][p]They open their Group L campaign on June 17 against Croatia in Dallas before facing Ghana ⁠on June 23 ⁠and Panama four days ‌later.[/p]