Tammy Abraham named in England U21 squad for European qualifiers

Image: Tammy Abraham has been named in Aidy Boothroyd's England U21 squad

Tammy Abraham has been named in the England U21 squad after rejecting reports from last week that he wanted to start representing Nigeria at international level.

Manager Aidy Boothroyd has named a 24-man squad for their European qualifiers against Scotland and Andorra, which includes Abraham who is eligible to play for Nigeria through his father.

Image: Abraham said he met the president of the Nigerian Football Federation but later released a statement confirming his commitment to England

The Chelsea striker, who is currently on loan at Swansea, confirmed he held talks with Nigerian Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick earlier this month, but has since released a statement confirming his commitment to England.

Boothroyd's team features the majority of the group which secured a draw and victory against Netherlands and Latvia earlier this month, although they are without Chelsea's Kasey Palmer through injury.

"I was really pleased with the way it went, we got four points on the board in our games which was what we'd targeted and the way the group came together for the start of our campaign was pleasing," Boothroyd told the official FA website.

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Image: Boothroyd's team face Scotland on October 6 before travelling to Andorra on October 10

"The game with Scotland is an intriguing fixture and it's a really good game for us. The fact that the Scots beat the Dutch is good for the group I think because it now sets it up nicely for our game with them.

"They're a team that will naturally want to beat us and they'll be working very hard to do that."

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Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks and Crystal Palace's Ruben Loftus-Cheek have both been selected for October's fixtures alongside Leicester striker Demarai Gray.

Arsenal's Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Nottingham Forest's Joseph Worrall and Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson (on-loan at Shrewsbury Town), are the three uncapped players.

Image: Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek is also in the Three Lions squad after impressing in his early spell on-loan at Crystal Palace

Full England U21 squad:

Goalkeepers: Angus Gunn (Norwich City, on loan from Manchester City), Dean Henderson (Shrewsbury Town, on loan from Manchester United), Freddie Woodman (Newcastle United)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ben Chilwell (Leicester City), Dael Fry (Middlesbrough), Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), Jonjoe Kenny (Everton), Fikayo Tomori (Hull City, on loan from Chelsea), Kyle Walker-Peters (Tottenham Hotspur), Joseph Worrall (Nottingham Forest)

Midfielders: Lewis Cook (AFC Bournemouth), Tom Davies (Everton), Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest, on loan from Everton), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace, on loan from Chelsea), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), Josh Onomah (Aston Villa, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur), Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur)

Forwards: Tammy Abraham (Swansea City, on loan from Chelsea), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Demarai Gray (Leicester City), Ademola Lookman (Everton), Sheyi Ojo (Fulham, on loan from Liverpool), Dominic Solanke (Liverpool)

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