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Young trio called up by England

Fri 18 October 2024, 16:00|Tottenham Hotspur

Jun'ai Byfield, Malachi Hardy and Luca Williams-Barnett have all been called up by England Under-17s for their upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Malta, Latvia and Sweden.

Neil Ryan's side will play all three fixtures that kick off their qualifying campaign, at the Centenary Stadium in Ta' Qali, Malta on October 24 (10am BST), October 27 (10am BST) and October 30 (1.30pm BST) respectively.

The Young Lions were unbeaten across their three games during September's international window, with wins against Mexico and Germany sandwiching a 0-0 draw with Israel.

All three players received their first call ups at this level for those fixtures, and played in each. With Luca starting once and making two substitute appearances, whilst Malachi and Jun'ai started both wins and came off the bench against Israel, with the former wearing the captain's armband during the win over Germany.

They follow in the footsteps of Mikey Moore and Callum Olusesi, who were both called up by the Under-17s for the last European Championship Finals back in May, in which Mikey scored four times, and both have progressed into older age groups within the England set-up since.