2 Manchester United's Harry Amass and Jack Fletcher have been named in England's u17s squad to take part in the UEFA European Championship.
The pair have been rewarded with the call ups after an impressive season where both have been key players in United's u18s securing a treble.
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- England (@England) May 20, 2024
The duo are the only United players taking part in the tournament and will face a tough test to begin with as they take on France in their opener.
England will be familiar with France having lost 2-1 to them in the Elite round of qualification, a match in which Amass featured for 45 minutes in the second half.
A stacked squad of talent, the strongest XI for England is anyone's guess as they rotated heavily during qualifications.
Amass' main competition for the left-back spot is Christian McFarlane of New York City FC. The 17 year old has picked up first team experience in the US Open Cup this season and has recently been on the bench for his club's first team.
But Amass has had his own first team experience in recent months, regularly training under Erik ten Hag and being named on the bench for seven matches.
With manager, Greg Lincoln, sometimes opting for a back three though, it is possible that Amass and McFarlane may play side by side as they did at times in the qualifiers.
Having missed the Elite round of qualification in March due to injury, Fletcher will have a harder time to work his way into the line up with talents such as Chris Rigg and Ethan Nwaneri near certainties to be involved.
Only returning from injury last month, Fletcher has yet to rediscover his early season form but his ability to pick through a tight defence will still be an asset off the bench for England at the least.
The son of United legend Darren Fletcher, Jack has stepped away from his father's footsteps in choosing to represent England rather than Scotland, who he has also represented at u16s level.
United have the second most players in the England squad along with Chelsea who also have two, behind Manchester City who have an incredible seven players named.
But it is worth mentioning that if not for injuries, there is a good chance that United's Shea Lacey and Jayce Fitzgerald would have also been in the running for a call up to the final 21 man squad.
England's first match will be available to watch live on UEFA.tv on the 21st May at 18:30 BST.