Tottenham ahead Dominic Solanke has been named in Lee Carsley's England squad for their upcoming UEFA Nations League matches towards Greece and Finland.
England face Greece at Wembley on Oct. 10, adopted by a visit to Finland on Oct. 13 in Carsley's third and fourth video games as interim head coach.
Solanke, who joined Tottenham for £65 million ($83m) in the summertime, has scored three objectives in 5 matches this season after recovering from an ankle harm.
His kind follows a profitable spell at Bournemouth final season, the place he scored 19 objectives in 38 Premier League video games.
“Dom's a player that I'm fully aware of having worked with him in the past,” Carsley advised a information convention on Thursday.
“Dom was really close to being in the last squad obviously he got that injury just before selection. He's a player that's done so well at Bournemouth and he's taken that form into Spurs.
“He's obtained loads of actually good attributes that I actually like in addition to being a very nice particular person. He's extraordinarily gifted and it is good that we have him.”
Solanke already has one England cap after he came on as a substitute in a friendly against Brazil in 2017.
Chelsea's Levi Colwill has additionally been chosen, whereas Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers has missed out regardless of a powerful begin to the season.
Colwill's Chelsea teammate Cole Palmer, Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham and Manchester City's Phil Foden have been named after being unavailable for the matches towards Republic of Ireland and Finland in September.
Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White and Lille's Angel Gomes have kept their places in the squad after being included last month.
Carsley — who was named as interim head coach following Gareth Southgate's departure after England's defeat in the Euro 2024 final — wouldn't be drawn on if he has had talks with the Football Association (FA) about taking over the role on a permanent basis.
“It's actually clear what my remit is, it is to take these three camps within the Nations League, one thing I'm actually snug doing,” Carsley said.
“My state of affairs hasn't modified. It was an actual problem selecting the squad, the gamers that we have needed to omit, we have got some actually gifted gamers.
“That's a big enough challenge without worrying about candidates and the rest of it. I'm fully aware of my situation and comfortable with it.”
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