Darren Ambrose has been released from the England U19 squad and is free to play for the Blues in the three games over the next seven days. The midfielder looked set to miss out on the matches with Slovan Liberec, Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough.

The England U19s face Macedonia, Moldova and Romania in European Championship qualifiers on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday next week.

Ambrose was due to join up with Stuart Baxter's squad today while team-mate Darren Bent was on stand-by.

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