Lee Carsley acknowledged that his England U21 squad will undergo plenty of changes, with this camp marking only their second since the Young Lions\u2019 U21 Euros triumph in Slovakia.<\/p>\n
Only five players \u2014 James Beadle, Tommy Simkin, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Archie Gray and Ethan Nwaneri \u2014 remain from the squad that won the tournament, while the returning Rico Lewis and Jamie Gittens bring valuable experience.<\/p>\n
However, Carsley says that plenty of players are being monitored as the squad evolves, with opportunities opening up for emerging talent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the squad will change,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll have lots of players that come in and come out because of the nature of this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to look at as many players as we can that are at the level. I think it\u2019s more important that in two years\u2019 time that\u2019s the squad to get into, potentially, if we go to a major championship.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIt\u2019s definitely about adapting. I think there\u2019s a tendency to reminisce, especially when you\u2019ve done well in the past, on different players that you\u2019ve had and different experiences you\u2019ve had.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to realise that this is the first time for a lot of these players. So you have to make sure that we adjust as staff to the experience and the level that these players are at. Our first impressions of the group are very positive.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got some outstanding players. I\u2019m sure you could name a few. They have a lot of potential. Ultimately, the goal is to get qualified from the group and to put them in a position where they can play in a major tournament again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the correlation between teams that go on and win the tournament to make senior debuts. So, we\u2019re seeing that there\u2019s a big trend that goes next to, and that\u2019s going right the way back to Dave Sexton\u2019s team of players that four or five of them made their debuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey win it, they make their debuts. It\u2019s similar to the \u201823 and \u201825 squad. So hopefully they can see the importance of the pathway and how important it is to get to a major championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
One player who made a strong impression in Friday\u2019s 4-0 win over Moldova, and will be one to watch against Andorra on Monday night, is Nwaneri.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old already boasts valuable experience at club level with Arsenal and also brings pedigree from being part of the squad in Slovakia.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a player that obviously I know a lot about,\u201d Carsley said. \u201cEthan, we\u2019ve worked with him now for a good couple of years. He was with us in the summer. He\u2019s one, along with two or three others that\u2019s a European champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s definitely grown into the responsibility that he\u2019s got within the squad in terms of the example that he sets both on and off the pitch. He\u2019s a player that we rate highly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee Carsley acknowledged that his England U21 squad will undergo plenty of changes, with this camp marking only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-196700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}