Gareth
Southgate has named three of the Under-21s young guns – Ruben
Loftus-Cheek, Tammy Abraham
and Joe Gomez - in his England senior squad for the first time to face Germany and Brazil in the marquee pre-World Cup friendlies next month.
and Joe Gomez - in his England senior squad for the first time to face Germany and Brazil in the marquee pre-World Cup friendlies next month.
The England manager’s selection has indicated that he is prepared to
give young players a chance to stake a place in the squad for the
tournament in Russia next summer. Abraham and Loftus-Cheek are both
young Chelsea players out on loan at Swansea City and Crystal Palace
respectively and remarkably have broken into the England senior squad
before they have become first team regulars at their parent Premier
League club.
Gomez, the current England
Under-21s captain, has forced his way into Jurgen Klopp’s first team
squad at Liverpool. The 20-year-old joined from Charlton Athletic in
2015 and has recovered from a cruciate ligament injury shortly after
coming to Anfield. Ashley Young meanwhile earns a recall to the squad,
four years after he last represented his country.
The most high-profile players to be dropped are Liverpool's Alex
Oxlade-Chamberlain and Daniel Sturridge, while there is no place in the
squad for Arsenal's fit-again Jack Wilshere.
England’s junior teams are on a high after World Cup victories at Under-17s
and Under-20s level. The current Under-21s manager Aidy Boothroyd has
five Everton players in his Under-21s squad and a further two from
Chelsea including a first call-up or Jake Clarke-Salter as well as
Dominic Solanke who left the club in the summer to join Liverpool. There
were first time call-ups for James Maddison of Norwich City and
Manchester United’s Axel Tuanzebe.
Loftus-Cheek,
21, has struggled with injury since joining Palace on loan but is back
in Roy Hodgson’s side and enjoying the first sustained run of Premier
League games of his career. Abraham, 20, has four goals in the Premier
League this season after a prolific campaign for Bristol City in the
Championship in the previous season. He has established himself as a
first choice in Paul Clement’s side.
Having dominated development football for the past decade, Chelsea will regard the selection of their best young players – with Fikayo Tomori, currently on loan at Hull City, also in the Under-21s squad – as reflecting their success in producing good young English players.
The England senior squad in full: Jack Butland, Joe Hart, Jordan Pickford, John Stones, Phil Jones, Danny Rose, Ryan Bertrand, Gary Cahill, Harry Maguire, Joe Gomez, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, Ashley Young, Fabian Delph, Eric Dier, Jordan Henderson, Harry Winks, Jesse Lingard, Dele Alli, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Raheem Sterling, Tammy Abraham, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Jamie Vardy
Having dominated development football for the past decade, Chelsea will regard the selection of their best young players – with Fikayo Tomori, currently on loan at Hull City, also in the Under-21s squad – as reflecting their success in producing good young English players.
The England senior squad in full: Jack Butland, Joe Hart, Jordan Pickford, John Stones, Phil Jones, Danny Rose, Ryan Bertrand, Gary Cahill, Harry Maguire, Joe Gomez, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, Ashley Young, Fabian Delph, Eric Dier, Jordan Henderson, Harry Winks, Jesse Lingard, Dele Alli, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Raheem Sterling, Tammy Abraham, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Jamie Vardy
The squad in full
Jack
Butland, Joe Hart, Jordan Pickford, John Stones, Phil Jones, Danny
Rose, Ryan Bertrand, Gary Cahill, Harry Maguire, Joe Gomez, Kieran
Trippier, Kyle Walker, Ashley Young, Fabian Delph, Eric Dier, Jordan
Henderson, Harry Winks, Jesse Lingard, Dele Alli, Ruben
Loftus-Cheek, Raheem Sterling, Tammy Abraham, Harry Kane, Marcus
Rashford, Jamie Vardy.
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