Callum
Hudson-Odoi has been called up to the England U21 squad for the first time
ahead of home matches against Poland and Germany.
The Chelsea winger - who has seven caps for the U19s - has broken into the
first team at Stamford Bridge this season, scoring four goals in 17 games.
He is joined in the squad by Leicester midfielder Hamza Choudhury, who has
received his first call-up since the Toulon Tournament - which England won -
last summer.
Crystal Palace defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Manchester City midfielder Phil
Foden, Leicester midfielder James Maddison, and Fulham winger Ryan Sessegnon
are all included in the 26-man squad.
Ahead of the friendlies against Poland and Germany, which will serve as
preparation for this summer's U21 European Championships, manager Aidy
Boothroyd said: "It's an exciting time.
"Getting the boys back together to put in some preparation for the Euros,
and obviously two really good games this week against teams who could be our
competitors in the summer.
"Both Poland and Germany will give us a really good test. Any team that
qualifies for the U21 EURO Finals has to be respected, because it's no mean
feat getting there.
"You can see from the standard of the countries that are heading to Italy in
June, they're all top teams, so these will be difficult games."
England will play Poland in Bristol on March 21, before heading to
Bournemouth to play Germany five days later.
The squad will meet up on Sunday, where they will be joined by Joleon
Lescott, the former England defender who now works as a coach at Man City.
He will work as part of Boothroyd's staff thanks to the elite coach
placement programme, a partnership between the FA and the PFA that provides
under-represented groups with coaching opportunities within the England
set-up.
England U21 squad
Goalkeepers: Freddie Woodman, Angus Gunn, Dean Henderson.
Defenders: Jake Clarke-Salter, Jay Dasilva, Dael Fry, Lloyd Kelly, Jonjoe
Kenny, Ezri Konsa, Fikayo Tomori, Kyle Walker-Peters, Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Midfielders: Harvey Barnes, Hamza Choudhury, Tom Davies, Kieran Dowell, Phil
Foden, James Maddison, Ryan Sessegnon.
Forwards: Tammy Abraham, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Demarai Gray, Callum
Hudson-Odoi, Ademola Lookman, Reiss Nelson, Dominic Solanke.
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