Central defender Chris Casement has been called into the Northern Ireland U20 squad for a mini-tournament in his home country. The Northern Irish youngsters face Paraguay on July 31st and Turkey on August 2nd.

Meanwhile, academy schoolboy Jack Ainsley has joined up with the England U17 squad for the Nordic Tournament in the Faroe Islands. England take on Sweden, Norway and the Faroese U19 side.

Fellow Blue Jordan Rhodes was forced out of the squad by the broken collar bone which will keep him on the sidelines for the first two months of the season.

Another academy recruit, striker Viktor Unnar Illugason, is in the Iceland squad.

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