Chelsea’s Cole Palmer and Manchester City’s Rico Lewis have earned first senior call-ups to the England squad for this month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia.
Attacking midfielder Palmer had missed out on Gareth Southgate’s latest selection last week despite an impressive start to life at Stamford Bridge following his summer move from Manchester City, instead being named in Lee Carsley’s Under-21 squad.
Lewis, who can operate at right-back or defensive midfield, had also been picked by Carsley, with Southgate saying he was content to let...
Definitely best to start integrating Lewis into the locker room at the earliest even if he doesn’t take up that many minutes.