Knudsen in Danish Squad - Ipswich Town News
Town left-back Jonas Knudsen has been named in the Denmark squad for their friendlies against Iceland and Scotland later this month.
The Danes face the Icelanders at home in Herning on Thursday 24th March and then the Scots at Hampden Park on the following Tuesday.
Knudsen, 23, has previously won two full Danish caps but this is his first call-up since joining the Blues last summer.
Speaking in December, Knudsen said he was hoping to break into new Denmark manager - and one-time Norwich defender - Ã…ge Hareide's squad.
Denmark: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester), Jonas Lössl (Guingamp), Frederik Rønnow (Brøndby), Henrik Dalsgaard (Zulte Waregem), Daniel Agger (Brøndby), Simon Kjær (Fenerbahce), Jores Okore (Aston Villa), Andreas Christensen (Gladbach), Jannik Vestergaard (Werder Bremen), Erik Sviatchenko (Celtic), Riza Durmisi (Brøndby), Daniel Wass (Celta), Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town), Thomas Delaney (FC København), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Sevilla), William Kvist, (FC København), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Schalke 04), Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), Lasse Schöne (Ajax), Lasse Vibe (Brentford), Nicolai Jørgensen (FC København), Yussuf Poulsen (Leipzig), Martin Braithwaite (Toulouse).
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