Chelsea youngsters Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori have been named in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
Tomori and Abraham were two of three players included this time around who had missed out on the previous squad, with Everton midfielder Fabian Delph also recalled.
Tomori, who was born in Canada and represented them at the Under-20 level, has established himself in Frank Lampard’s Chelsea side of late and is rewarded with a maiden senior England call-up. The 21-year-old was eligible to play for both Canada and Nigeria but an appearance in any of the two games would mean that he is fully committed to England.
Abraham similarly is also eligible to play for Nigeria despite featuring in friendly matches against Germany and Brazil in November 2017. he remains eligible for Nigeria until he makes a competitive appearance for the Three Lions,
Southgate spoke after announcing the squad “It was – he’s the leading English scorer in the league.
“He’s a player that came into the squad very young, at a time when we wanted to have a look at players ahead of the World Cup.
“That was a bit early for him but now with the opportunity, he’s been given by Frank, along with other English players at Chelsea, it’s a great chance for Tammy.
“He’s always scored goals with our junior teams, with the Chelsea youth teams, on loan in the Championship and now he’s really grasped this opportunity at the beginning of the season.”
Abraham has been in red hot form recently, scoring his first Champions League goal against Lille last Wednesday and has five goals in the Premier League to his name.
