Kobbie Mainoo has been handed his first senior England call-up.
Manchester United’s 18-year-old midfielder had been part of the Under-21s but has been drafted into Gareth Southgate’s squad for games against Brazil and Belgium.
The England manager praised Mainoo last week when addressing his intial decision to leave him out of the squad.
“I think Kobbie is doing brilliantly for a young player,” said Southgate. “We’re never slow to put a young player into the seniors, but he’s only had a handful of games. You have to be careful in making those decisions at the right time, and ideally we should allow him the space to develop at his own speed.
“He’s not at the point in terms of number of games that Jude [Bellingham] or Bukayo [Saka] were when they first came in, but I repeat – he’s doing really well, he’s a good footballer, you can see that, and he’s getting some fabulous experience with Man Utd and looks a good character.”
More to follow….
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