Striker Connor Wickham has been named in the England U21 squad for friendly matches against Denmark and Iceland later this month. Wickham has previously won one cap at U21 level.

Stuart Pearce's team take on Denmark, the nation hosting the European U21 Championships in the summer, in Viborg on Thursday 24th March before taking on Iceland at Preston on Monday 28th March.

England U21s: Frankie Fielding (Derby County - loan from Blackburn Rovers), Scott Loach (Watford), Alex Smithies (Huddersfield Town), Alex McCarthy (Reading) , Nathan Baker (Aston Villa), Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough), Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea), Steven Caulker (Bristol City - loan from Tottenham), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Ben Mee (Leicester City - loan from Manchester City), Kyle Naughton (Leicester City - loan from Tottenham), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), James Tomkins (West Ham United), Kyle Walker (Aston Villa - loan from Tottenham), Marc Albrighton (Aston Villa), Jack Cork (Burnley - loan from Chelsea), Tom Cleverley (Wigan Athletic - loan from Man Utd), Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers), Jordan Henderson (Sunderland), Henri Lansbury (Norwich City - loan from Arsenal), Josh McEachran (Chelsea), Fabrice Muamba (Bolton Wanderers), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), Scott Sinclair (Swansea City), Nathan Delfouneso (Burnley - loan from Aston Villa), Gary Hooper (Celtic), Daniel Sturridge (Bolton Wanderers - loan from Chelsea), Danny Welbeck (Sunderland - loan from Man Utd), Connor Wickham (Ipswich Town).

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ipswichwag3 added 19:48 - Mar 14 Well Done Connor! Deserves it.
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westleydan added 20:17 - Mar 14 Hat-trick for Wickham!!
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yarmoblue added 21:11 - Mar 14 looking at the forwards in that squad can only hope for a place on the bench at best.
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TractorMan added 21:15 - Mar 14 Of those forwards most are either hardly playing or just back from injury, so he has a great chance!
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slowerball added 21:18 - Mar 14 Nice one - have actually got free tickets for the game at Preston... Me and my lad can wear our Ipswich shirts now.
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tom_the_blue added 22:13 - Mar 14 Some very, very good players in there, Connor is probably the youngest and to even get in the squad is a credit to how he has been playing recently.
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TractorBeezer added 23:23 - Mar 14 Well done Connor. Just know that you will do well.
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DiamondGezzer added 07:30 - Mar 15 Tom the Blue:- Agree, another step in the right direction. Sadly, another shop window.
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