By Matt Law
Mason Mount and James Maddison
are expected to be rewarded for
their impressive starts to the season
with an England call-up.
Midfielder Harry Winks is also
likely to earn a recall after missing
out on England’s final Nations
League squad earlier this summer.
Mount has scored twice this sea-
son and has been the star performer
in Chelsea’s first three Premier
League games.
Gareth Southgate is ready to in-
clude the 20-year-old in the squad
that he will name today for the Euro
2020 qualifiers against Bulgaria
and Kosovo.
Southgate first named Mount
and 22-year-old Leicester City mid-
fielder Maddison in his senior
squad last October for the games
against Croatia and Spain.
But both are still waiting to make
their senior debuts and dropped
back down to the Under-21s for this
summer’s European Champion-
ship, where Aidy Boothroyd’s team
crashed out in the group stage.
Mount and Maddison have
bounced back from that disap-
pointment and have been two ofthe standout players of the opening
weeks of the season.
In what could be the closest
Southgate gets to a midfield reshuf-
fle, Winks is also on course to re-
gain his place in the squad.
The 23-year-old was part of the
provisional squad for the Nations
League, but did not make the final
cut due to doubts over his fitness.
But he played in Tottenham’s
Champions League final defeat by
Liverpool and has started all threePremier League games this season,
against Aston Villa, Manchester
City and Newcastle United.
Winks has not played for Eng-
land since starting in a friendly
against the United States last No-
vember. But England’s shortage of
playmakers was once again evident
during the Nations League and
Winks may well get the opportu-
nity to make the position his own.
It was during the summer thatSteve Holland, Southgate’s assis-
tant, revealed their admiration for
Winks, who has been limited to just
three appearances and 250 minutes
for England by injury.
“He is a player that we have very
much been waiting for in that kind
of position,” Holland said. “Some-
one who is comfortable to turn and
connect the play. I am sure he will
acquire many caps in the future.”
Nick Pope of Burnley is set to
take Jack Butland’s place as Eng-
land’s third-choice goalkeeper.
Butland has had a difficult start to
the season with Stoke City in the
Championship. Jordan Pickford
will remain as the No 1, with Aston
Villa’s Tom Heaton his deputy.
Heaton’s Villa team-mate Tyrone
Mings is on Southgate’s radar, with
England sweating on the fitness of
central defender John Stones.
Stones is carrying a knock that
prevented him from playing Man-
chester City’s past two games,
which could open up a space that
Mings would contest with James
Tarkowski and Lewis Dunk.
Jack Grealish is likely to miss out
on this squad and it remains to be
seen whether Tammy Abraham’s
two goals against Norwich were
enough to push him in.REXBy Katie Whyatt
Phil Neville, the England head
coach, has not ruled out the coun-
try’s record cap holder Fara Wil-
liams from making his Olympics
and Euro 2021 squads after recall-
ing the 35-year-old midfielder.
Williams did not make Neville’s
World Cup squad this summer, but
has replaced the injured Fran Kirby,
who withdrew on Monday, in the
squad to face Belgium and Norway
in friendlies tonight and next Tues-day. The Reading player, who will
earn her 171st cap should she feature
against Belgium, lost her place to
Manchester City’s Georgia Stanway,
the reigning young player of the
year. Williams’ last appearance for
England was in a friendly against
Australia in October last year.
“Fara didn’t play [for England in]
the last six months because of the
form of Fran and Georgia,” Neville
said. “My best players at the World
Cup were senior players. Karen
Bardsley, Ellen White, Steph
Houghton, Jodie Taylor off thepitch, Jill Scott are all over 30.
When people tell me about the
great young players coming
through, we say: ‘You need to get
up to the level of those players. The
ones that are durable, the ones that
can do seven games in a World Cup.’
“Fara has been brought back in
because of her performances for
Reading. She has great experience
and she’s performed at the top level.
Age is nothing. From what I’ve seen
in the last couple of days, she still
has the hunger and desire to go on a
journey to Euro 2021.”Neville turns to record-holder Williams
Mount and Maddison in line
for call-up to England squad
Flying start:
Mason Mount has
scored twice in
three Chelsea
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