The young striker Manchester United Marcus Rashford has been included in the squad of 23 players for the England team for Euro 2016 France, while midfielders Danny Drinkwater ( Leicester ) and Andros Townsend (Newcastle) have been left out.
Rashford, 18, who debuted last Friday with a goal in the friendly against Australia (2-1), is one of the five forwards chosen by the coach, Roy Hodgson , with Wayne Rooney , Harry Kane , Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge .
The striker, author of eight goals in 18 games with the 'Red Devils' this course, played his first game for the Old Trafford last February, and in three months and replete media has managed to settle in the first team United, debuting with the selection and being called for a European Championship.
Rashford, who on Friday became the third youngest player to see goal with the 'Three Lions' (18 years and 208 days), after Rooney (17 years and 317 days) and Michael Owen (18 years and 164 days) he will wear the race number '22' in the continental competition .
Rooney, as has been customary in recent tournaments with the 'Pross', will wear the number 10, while Kane, Golden Boot in the last Premier, take the weight of the '9' and Vardy wear the '11'.
So, the three discards Hodgson of the initial list of 26 midfielders have finally been Andros Townsend (Newcastle United), Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City) and Fabian Delph ( Manchester City ).
The veteran coach opted for five attackers , though it looks like Rooney delayed his position- and only pure end - Raheem Sterling - and chose to leave out Drinkwater, one of the leading players in the Leicester champion Premier League .
In preparation for the European Championship, England and Turkey defeated at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester (2-1) and Australia at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland (2-1) and will face next June 2 to Portugal at the stadium London Wembley.
England are drawn in Group B of the continental tournament (June 10-July 10) with selections from Russia, Wales and Slovakia.
Men Hodgson started his career in the competition on June 11 against Russia in Marseille, before facing four days later against Wales in Lens and close their participation in the group stage on June 20 against Slovakia, in Saint -Etienne.
- Call for England for Euro 2016:
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), Fraser Forster (Southampton), Tom Heaton (Burnley).
Defenders: Gary Cahill ( Chelsea ), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones ( Everton ), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur), Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), Nathaniel Clyne ( Liverpool ).
Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Ross Barkley (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), James Milner (Liverpool), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Jack Wilshere ( Arsenal ).
Forwards: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
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