Blues forward Anis Mehmeti has been named in the Albania squad for their World Cup play-offs next week.

The Albanians face Poland in Warsaw in their semi-final next Thursday with the winners then taking on the victors of the Ukraine-Sweden tie, which is being played the same night, on Tuesday 31st March away in either Valencia or Solna for a place in the finals in the summer.

Mehmeti, who joined the Blues from Bristol City in January, has previously won three full caps, all as a sub between March and June 2023.

Albania’s Brazilian coach Sylvinho, the former Arsenal full-back, says he sees Mehmeti playing a different role than those he has occupied at Town.

“Mehmeti was brought in three years ago and he has grown and improved a lot. I see him as a wing-back, despite the fact that at the club where he plays, he is in the position of the number 10, but he is specifically a wing striker.”

If he is involved, Mehmeti will become the first player with Town to have represented Albania at full level.

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