Town duo Tristan Nydam and Flynn Downes have been named in the England U19s squad for the European Championships elite qualifying mini-tournament in Macedonia later this month.

Nydam, 18, has previously won one U19s cap, while 19-year-old Downes, who is currently on loan at Luton, has picked up three.

The pair will join up with the squad on Saturday evening before games in Skopje against Hungary on Wednesday 21st March, Latvia three days later and the hosts on Tuesday 27th March.

The European Championship finals are in Finland in July. If they make it, England will be defending the title they won in Georgia last 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.

England U19s: Ellery Balcombe — Brentford, Jamie Cumming - Chelsea, Trevoh Chalobah Chelsea, Edward Francis - Manchester City, Reece James - Chelsea, Dujon Sterling - Chelsea, Japhet Tanganga - Tottenham Hotspur, Ben Wilmot - Stevenage, Flynn Downes - Luton Town (loan from Ipswich Town), Elliot Embleton - Sunderland, Adam Lewis - Liverpool, Mason Mount - Vitesse Arnhem (loan from Chelsea), Tristan Nydam — Ipswich Town, Joe Willock - Arsenal, Ben Brereton - Nottingham Forest, Phil Foden - Manchester City, George Hirst - Sheffield Wednesday, Reiss Nelson - Arsenal, Edward Nketiah - Arsenal, Jadon Sancho - Borussia Dortmund.

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christiand added 12:15 - Mar 15 Well done chaps!! Play well, but not too well we don't want those Premier League boys beginning to sniff around
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baldman added 12:20 - Mar 15 Amazing they can get in a England squad and not ours unless injuries anyway best of luck
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Townie29 added 12:35 - Mar 15 Is it just me or has Michael Crowe just been called up by Wales!?!?!
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carsey added 13:45 - Mar 15 Why are they not playing for Town? They're not the only ones to get called up for their respective countries so they must be half decent. Get all the loanees back and let Nash and Klugg run the first team for the remainder of the season. Be more entertaining if nothing else.
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Cloddyseedbed added 13:53 - Mar 15 Downes should be back here playing. When called upon he was very good. There should have been a clause in his loan to say we could call him back. Well done to him and Nydam.
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