Scotland are up early with their squad. Kevin McDonald is included for the games against Israel and Portugal. But there's no Tom Cairney. "Fulham midfielder Tom Cairney, who had to pull out of the previous squad through injury, is missing again, although McLeish insists there is "nothing sinister" in his absence amid speculation England may try to persuade him to switch allegiance. Fulham said he wasn't going to be available," McLeish said. "He only played for 20 minutes [in Fulham's 3-0 defeat at Everton] and has obviously missed a few weeks."
Marcus Bettinelli is in the England squad for the games against Croatia and Spain. please log in to view this image Fulhaman - do believe the match against Spain is in Seville !!!
And the Academy shines with England call ups - Harvey Elliott and Fabio Carvalho are in the U17s for an International tournament against Russia and Brazil. Luca Ashby-Hammond is in the U18s for games against Sweden and the Czech Republic at St George's Park. Steven Sessegnon is in the U19s for friendlies against Portugal and Macedonia. Ryan Sessegnon is in the U21s for European Qualifiers against Andorra and Scotland.
Despite his ankle injury and not being in the squad on Sunday, Neeskens Kebano is off playing for his country. The list of the lads from the Senior Squad who are on duty is: Anguissa (Cameroon) – Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers Ayité (Togo) – Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers Bettinelli (England) – UEFA Nations League x2 Christie (Republic of Ireland) – UEFA Nations League x2 Cissé (Guinea) – Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers Johansen (Norway) – UEFA Nations League x2 Kebano (Congo) – Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier McDonald (Scotland) – UEFA Nations League & Friendly Mitrović (Serbia) – UEFA Nations League x2 Seri (Ivory Coast) – Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers
Steven was out there this afternoon as England U19s beat Portugal 4-1. And twin brother Ryan was out tonight - on the left wing - as England U21s waltz through the European Qualifiers with a 7-0 win over Andorra at Chesterfield's Ground.
Oh, and Aleksandar Mitrovic scored both goals in Serbia's 2-0 win over fellow Yugoslav Republic side Montenegro in a UEFA Nations League game. Not a good night for Kevin McDonald and Scotland though.
England U17s came from one down at half time to beat USA 3-1 in Chester tonight. Fabio Carvalho started ... ... and Harvey Elliott was on the bench. Don't know yet how the subs went during the game. If Harvey didn't get on the field however expect him to make an appearance against Russia in Shrewsbury on Sunday.
Fabio Carvahlo and Harvey Elliott helped England U17s to a 3-1 win over Brazil which make it 3 out of 3 for the young lions having beaten Russia 3-0 on Sunday. Steven Sessegnon came off the bench in the 78th minute for the U19s in their 6-2 thumping of Macedonia and Ryan also came off the bench - a bit earlier, in the 73rd minute - in the U21s win over Scotland. Not a bad tour of duty for our lads; played 7, won 7.
A fair wodge of the senior lot saw action as well. Floyd Ayite scored the only goal of the game as 10-man Togo nicked all three points in Gambia. In the 90th minute. They now sit two points off Algeria and Benin in Group D of the Africa Cup of Nations, with two fixtures still to play. Jean Michaël Seri's Ivory Coast side were held to a 0-0 draw by the Central African Republic but stay in second spot of Group H of the tournament and it was also 0-0 for André-Frank Zambo Anguissa's Cameroon against Malawi. Thet remain top of Group B. Stefan Johansen helped Norway leapfrog Bulgaria at the top of UEFA Nations League C Group 3 with a 1-0 win in Oslo. The Norway captain was subbed in the 78th minute. Cyrus Christie played the whole game - again in midfield - but the Republic of Ireland went down 1-0 to Wales.
