Academy striker Connor Wickham has been named in the England U16 squad playing Northern Ireland in Ballymena in the opening game of the Sky Sports Victory Shield on Friday 3rd October. The match will be shown live on Sky Sports One.

Wickham won four U17 caps in the summer at the Nordic Tournament in Denmark, in which England annually field an U16 squad despite the competition being for the older age group. The 15-year-old is yet to appear at U16 level.

England U16s: Chuks Aneke (Arsenal), Benik Adobe (Arsenal), Josh Rees (Arsenal), Jack Butland (Birmingham City), Connor Morris (Charlton Athletic), Joshua McEachran (Chelsea), Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea), Jemal Blackman (Chelsea), Aziz Deen Conteh (Chelsea), Ross Barkley (Everton), Connor Wickham (Ipswich Town), Luke Garbutt (Leeds United), Tom Thorpe (Manchester United), Ra'vel Morrison (Manchester United), Bruno Pilatos (Middlesbrough), Louis Lang (Sunderland), Robert Hall (West Ham United), Zele Ismail (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

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