Blues midfielder Flynn Downes has been named in the England U19s squad for their European Championships first round qualifying games in Bulgaria during the international break.

The Young Lions will take on the Faroe Islands on Wednesday 8th November, Iceland on the following Saturday and the host nation on Tuesday 14th November.

The top two nations in the group go through to the elite round of qualifying which will be held in March.

England are defending the title they won in Georgia in the summer, a team which featured Blues midfielder Andre Dozzell, who still qualifies for the U19s but is out injured, almost certainly for the whole season.

Downes, 18, has previously won one U19s cap in the 3-1 defeat to Germany at Mansfield in September,

Fellow Blues midfielder Tristan Nydam, who also won his first U19s cap earlier in the season, is not included in the squad.

England U19s: Ellery Balcombe - Brentford, Ryan Schofield - Huddersfield Town , Jake Turner - Bolton Wanderers, Trevoh Chalobah - Chelsea, Morgan Feeney - Everton, Reece James — Chelsea, Japhet Tanganga - Tottenham Hotspur, Josh Tymon - Stoke City, Dennis Adeniran - Everton, Flynn Downes - Ipswich Town, Elliot Embleton - Sunderland, Mason Mount - Vitesse Arnhem (loan from Chelsea), Ryan Sessegnon - Fulham, Dujon Sterling - Chelsea, Marcus Tavernier - Middlesbrough, Joe Willock - Arsenal, Ben Brereton - Nottingham Forest, George Hirst - Sheffield Wednesday, Reiss Nelson - Arsenal, Edward Nketiah - Arsenal, Jadon Sancho - Borussia Dortmund.

Photo: TWTD

Dalty added 14:21 - Nov 2 Surprised Nydam's been omitted, there can't be many in that squad who've played more first team football than him this season. Good to see Flyniesta in there all the same.
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