Trent Alexander-Arnold and Tom Davies head up big Merseyside presence in England Under-21 squad
Liverpool defender and Everton midfielder set for first caps in European qualifiers against the Netherlands and Latvia
LIVERPOOL'S Trent Alexander-Arnold and Tom Davies of Everton have been included in Aidy Boothroyd’s England squad for next month’s Under-21 Euro qualifiers.
The Merseyside duo are in line for their first caps as England take on the Netherlands in Doetinchem on Friday, September 1.
They then host Latvia at Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium four days later.
Alexander-Arnold shot to fame by marking his first Champions League game with a terrific goal against Hoffenheim.
The 18-year-old curled in a beauty to move his boyhood club one step closer towards a crack at conquering Europe.
Midfielder Davies, 19, broke into the Everton squad last season and has maintained his good Premier League progress.
He has appeared at England Under-16 to Under-19 levels, and captained the Under 19s.
Trent-Alexander, too, has appeared for the same four England youth teams.
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Liverpool's Jo Gomez and Dominic Solanke have also been selected, along with Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jonjoe Kenny and Ademola Lookman.
Thirteen World Cup winners have been included in the first England Under-21s squad of the season.
The gold-medal grabbing group, which include Lewis Cook, Dominic Solanke, Freddie Woodman and Kyle Walker-Peters, helped steer the U20s to glory in South Korea in the summer.
Tammy Abraham, Ben Chilwell, Demarai Gray and Mason Holgate were all involved last year as the Young Lions reached the semi-finals in Poland.
Tickets for the Latvia match are on sale now, priced £10 for adults and £5 for concessions.
England Under-21 squad: Tammy Abraham (Swansea City, on loan from Chelsea), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Ben Chilwell (Leicester City), Lewis Cook (AFC Bournemouth), Tom Davies (Everton), Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest, on loan from Everton), Dael Fry (Middlesbrough), Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), Demarai Gray (Leicester City), Angus Gunn (Norwich City, on loan from Manchester City), Dean Henderson (Shrewsbury Town, on loan from Manchester United), Mason Holgate (Everton), Jonjoe Kenny (Everton), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace, on loan from Chelsea), Ademola Lookman (Everton), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), Josh Onomah (Aston Villa, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur), Kasey Palmer (Huddersfield Town, on loan from Chelsea), Dominic Solanke (Liverpool), Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea), Kyle Walker-Peters (Tottenham Hotspur), Freddie Woodman (Newcastle United), Joseph Worrall (Nottingham Forest).
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