Chelsea’s Hudson-Odoi handed his first call-up for National team

Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi has been handed his first call-up for the England under 21s.  

The forward has been included for the friendlies against Poland and Germany this month as the Young Lions countdown to Euro 2019.

Leicester midfielder Hamza Choudhury, who made his Under-21 debut at last summer’s Toulon Tournament victory, returns.

“It’s an exciting time again, getting the boys back together to put in some preparation for the Euros and obviously two really good games this week against teams who could be our competitors in the summer,” said coach Aidy Boothroyd said.

Up-and-comer: Callum Hudson-Odoi

“Both Poland and Germany will give us a really good test. Any team that qualifies for the U21 Euros has to be respected, because it’s no mean feat getting there.

“You can see from the standard of the countries that are heading to Italy in June, they’re all top teams, so these will be difficult games.”

Squad in full:

Here is the squad in full…

PositionPlayerClub
GKFreddie WoodmanSheffield United
GKAngus GunnSouthampton
GKDean HendersonSheff Utd (loan from Man Utd)
DEFJake Clake-SalterVitesse (loan from Chelsea)
DEFJay DasilvaBristol City (loan from Chelsea)
DEFDael FryMiddlesbrough
DEFLloyd KellyBristol City
DEFJonjoe KennyEverton
DEFEzri KonsaBrentford
DEFFikayo TomoriDerby (loan from Chelsea)
DEFKyle Walker-PetersTottenham
DEFAaron Wan-BissakaCrystal Palace
MIDHarvey BarnesLeicester City
MIDHamza ChoudhuryLeicester City
MIDTom DaviesEverton
MIDKieran DowellSheff Utd (loan from Everton)
MIDPhil FodenMan City
MIDJames Maddison Leicester City
MIDRyan SessegnonFulham
FWDTammy AbrahamAston Villa (loan from Chelsea)
FWDDominic Calvert-LewinEverton
FWDDemarai GrayLeicester City
FWDCallum Hudson-OdoiChelsea
FWDAdemola LookmanEverton
FWDReiss NelsonHoffenheim (loan from Arsenal)
FWDDominic SolankeBournemouth

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