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Monday, November 01 2021
Three new additions to All Whites squad as unnamed unvaccinated player misses selection

All Whites coach Danny Hay has named his squad for the November international window, with fixtures against Gambia and one other nation, while an unnamed unvaccinated player has missed selection.

Most of the big guns are back, apart from Ryan Thomas, who sat out the October window to focus on his club football with PSV Eindhoven and his young family.

Winston Reid will join the team in Abu Dhabi – but won't be available for selection, as he continues his comeback from injury.

There are three additions from October, with Swansea City's Jamie Searle, IFK Värnamo's Francis De Vries and Chicago Fire's Elliot Collier coming in.

Searle and De Vries are in line for international debuts, while Collier last featured in November 2019.

Goalkeeper Nik Tzanev, Nikko Boxall and Dalton Wilkins are the ones to make way, from the squad selected for the games against Curacao and Bahrain last month

Once again, no New Zealand or Australia-based players are eligible for selection due to travel restrictions.

Hay hopes to build on the recent momentum, after the All Whites recorded wins over Curacao and Bahrain.

"It's great we are able to get together again after two good performances last month," said Hay.

"We need to be playing games to develop as a team, especially after such a long break prior to October, so we want to take every opportunity we can.

"These games will allow us to look at a few new players who weren't part of the last window as we continue to build towards Fifa World Cup qualifiers next year."

Hay confirmed Reid will train with the squad and continue in his role mentoring the younger members of the team.

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