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<\/p>\nDerby County’s Bobby Clark and David Ozoh are understood to have caught the attention of England U21s boss Lee Carsley, who watched their latest Championship performance<\/p>\n
Bobby Clark is impressing in the Championship(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Derby County pair David Ozoh and Bobby Clark are on the watchlist of England U21s manager Lee Carsley.<\/p>\n
That news will interest Liverpool<\/a> fans, as Clark<\/a> graduated from the Merseyside club’s academy and made 14 first-team appearances under Jurgen Klopp – winning the Carabao Cup in 2024 – before joining Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg<\/a> around the same time as Arne Slot’s appointment. The 21-year-old is currently completing a season-long loan at Derby.<\/p>\n It’s believed that Carsley was present in the stands to observe Derby’s win against Swansea at the weekend, providing him with an opportunity to assess Clark and Ozoh.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Man Utd identifies 3 Alexis Mac Allister alternatives including former Liverpool target<\/a>READ MORE: Alexis Mac Allister revealed truth about Lisandro Martinez relationship amid Man Utd links<\/a><\/p>\n Both players have been exceptionally impressive under Derby head coach John Eustace this season and have played a pivotal role in sending the club into the Championship’s top six.<\/p>\n Ozoh started Saturday’s match against the Swans and delivered a standout second-half performance as goals from Rhian Brewster and Patrick Agyemang secured the victory.<\/p>\n Clark, on the other hand, was a substitute for the visit of Vitor Matos’ side but had been dealing with a groin problem during the week, although he did come on for the final 30 minutes of the Championship encounter.<\/p>\n Bobby Clark could earn his first England U21 cap(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n Both players are currently on loan at Derby, with Ozoh in his second season at the club on a deal from Crystal Palace. Clark has netted four goals for Derby this season, and last found the back of the net in the 5-0 thrashing of Bristol City earlier this month.<\/p>\n He has also scored in victories over Charlton and Middlesbrough having hit the mark earlier in the campaign against Burnley.<\/p>\n Ozoh has featured in 19 league matches for Derby this campaign and, following his comeback from a thigh problem against Blackburn, has delivered consistently impressive displays in central midfield.<\/p>\n His solitary Derby goal this term came via a superb strike in a 1-0 triumph over Norwich.<\/p>\n Both players qualify for England U21s, who are well-positioned to secure their place in next year’s European championships. England currently leads its group under Carsley, having secured victory in all five fixtures to date, accumulating a perfect 15 points.<\/p>\n Despite Clark, who recently secured the EA Sports FC EFL Young Player of the Month award for January, celebrating his 21st birthday this month, he remains available for selection.<\/p>\n The regulations are structured to allow players to participate throughout an entire tournament cycle – from qualification through to the final stages.<\/p>\n This means that, for the 2027 competition, players can be included even if they’re 22 or 23, provided they were born on or after January 1, 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Derby County’s Bobby Clark and David Ozoh are understood to have caught the attention of England U21s boss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[194529,49,48,739,26125,561,82],"class_list":["post-480866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-bobby-clark","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-red-bull-salzburg","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Bobby](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_Derby-County-v-Swansea-City-Sky-Bet-Championship.jpg\")
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