Kieran Trippier has left the England camp because of a personal matter before the Euro 2024 qualifier in North Macedonia. Gareth Southgate’s side secured progress to the finals next summer with two games to spare and the forgettable 2-0 win against Malta on Friday all but assured their spot among the top seeds in the 2 December draw. England will end their Euro 2024 qualification campaign and 2023 fixture calendar in Skopje on Monday night, when they will be unable to call upon the Newcastle full-back Trippier. The England account on X, formerly known as Twitter, said: “trippier2 has departed the #ThreeLions camp, owing to a personal matter and will not travel to North Macedonia.” Southgate has already been dealing with a string of an absentees and Trippier’s departure meant just 22 players trained during England’s final session on Sunday before flying out to North Macedonia. The England manager will be joined by Declan Rice at the press conference previewing the qualifier in Skopje later on Sunday. The North Macedonia head coach, Blagoja Milevski, believes his team will show a “new face” on Monday, after being thrashed 7-0 at Old Trafford in June. The Balkan side are playing for pride having already been eliminated from playoff contention. “Every game is a chance to show as much as we can that we learned a lot from the Old Trafford match,” Milevski said. “We have lots of young players now and we have a new face to the team, young players who are really keen to show what they can do and how they can perform in a match like this.”