Town striker Connor Wickham has been named in the England squad for this summer’s UEFA European U21 Championship in Denmark next month. Coach Stuart Pearce has reduced his long-list of 40 players down to the travelling party of 23.

Prior to the tournament, England face Norway in a warm-up game at Southampton on June 5th. Once in Denmark, Pearce’s side will take on Spain on June 12th, Ukraine on June 15th and the Czech Republic on June 19th in the group stage.

Wickham, who has previously won three England U21 caps, netted the winning goal as England beat Spain 2-1 in the final of the European U17 Championships in Liechtenstein last summer.

The 18-year-old was also named in the squad for the England U19 side’s qualifying group games in Switzerland but now his place in the U21s has been confirmed, will not be involved in those matches.

England U21s: Frankie Fielding (Derby County), Jason Steele (Middlesbrough), Alex McCarthy (Reading), Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jones (Blackburn Rovers), Michael Mancienne (Chelsea), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur), Marc Albrighton (Aston Villa), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Jack Cork (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Sunderland), Henri Lansbury (Arsenal), Fabrice Muamba (Bolton Wanderers), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), Scott Sinclair (Swansea City), Nathan Delfouneso (Aston Villa), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Connor Wickham (Ipswich Town).

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DanishBlues added 18:58 - May 24 Looking forward to see Connor play this summer. England are playing in my hometown Herning and I'll be there for the match against Spain on June 12th.
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blue1 added 12:16 - May 25 I am with you whoppit - the only problem is we can't sell him because no one thinks he is worth buying if they did he would be gone already. It's only the numpties who believe all the hype his agent puts out that want to keep him he is unproven and his talent is all speculation so far. All huff and no puff
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