Manchester United starlet Finley McAllister and Manchester City trio Lakyle Samuel, Isaiah Dada-Mascoll and Justin Oboavwoduo have been named in the England Under-17 squad for this summer's European Under-17 Finals.
The quartet are part of a 21-man squad for the tournament in Hungary which kicks off on Wednesday (May 17). England get their campaign underway on Thursday night against Croatia.
The Young Lions also face the Netherlands and Switzerland in the group stages with those games taking place on Sunday and Wednesday. The top two teams from each of the four groups qualify for the quarter-finals which take place on Saturday, May 27.
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The semi-finals are on Tuesday, May 30, before the final in Budapest on Friday, June 2. England are two-time winners of the tournament, last prevailing in 2014.
United's McAllister is a Salford-born midfielder who has returned from injury to earn a call up having not featured in qualifying. The City trio all played their part in helping England to reach the finals. Defender Samuel has been with City since the age of eight and can play at right-back or centre-half while fellow centre-back Dada-Mascoll joined City at the same time. Striker is a promising striker who hit a hat-trick for City's Under-18s in this season's FA Youth Cup win over Fleetwood Town.
This year's competition is acting as the European qualifiers for the 2023 Under-17 World Cup, with five spots at that competition in October available to the four semi-finalists and the winners of play-off between two of the beaten quarter-finalists.
The majority of manager Ryan Garry’s squad featured in the elite qualifying round games in March, when they beat Denmark and Northern Ireland before losing 1-0 to group hosts Netherlands. All of England's games will be streamed live on UEFA.tv and also in the UK via the BBC Red Button and iPlayer service.
England squad: Goalkeepers: Ted Curd (Chelsea), Finlay Herrick (West Ham United), Tommy Setford (Ajax); Defenders: Josh Acheampong (Chelsea), Somto Boniface (Chelsea), Mofe Jemide (Crystal Palace), Jayden Meghoma (Southampton), Lakyle Samuel (Manchester City), Ishé Samuels-Smith (Everton); Midfielders: Isaiah Dada-Mascoll (Manchester City), Kiano Dyer (Chelsea), Michael Golding (Chelsea), Archie Gray (Leeds United), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), Finley McAllister (Manchester United); Forwards: Leon Chiwome (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Tyler Dibling (Southampton), Zakariya Lovelace (Glasgow Rangers), Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), Justin Oboavwoduo (Manchester City), Kadan Young (Aston Villa)
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