Hemp, Greenwood and Stanway back in major Euros boost for England

The England trio of Lauren Hemp, Alex Greenwood and Georgia Stanway person each returned to Sarina Wiegman’s squad aft lengthy genu injuries, for their upcoming Nations League meetings with Portugal and Spain, successful a large boost to the Lionesses’ hopes for this summer’s European Championship.

Wiegman has besides fixed a elder call-up to the Tottenham Hotspur full-back Ella Morris, bolstering her chances of a precocious surge into the tourney squad for July’s finals, and determination is simply a spot successful the 27-player database for the Brighton & Hove Albion striker Michelle Agyemang, connected indebtedness from Arsenal, who is rewarded for scoring a superb extremity conscionable moments into her elder planetary debut successful England’s past lucifer successful April.

Agyemang, 19, was primitively a precocious wounded replacement into April’s squad midway done that campy but has evidently done capable to impressment Wiegman to beryllium retained successful the elder setup.

The uncapped Aston Villa midfielder Missy Bo Kearns, a erstwhile skipper of England’s Under-23 side, has besides been recalled by Wiegman. The England caput manager has named her squad a week earlier than usual, up of 30 May’s location fixture astatine Wembley against Portugal and 3 June’s distant travel to look the satellite champions Spain. It is the last clip England volition conscionable earlier Wiegman name’s her Euros squad aboriginal successful June.

Hemp, Greenwood and Stanway suffered genu injuries successful November, December and January respectively and the erstwhile 2 returned to enactment for Manchester City successful April but Stanway is yet to play competitively since her attraction began.

“We person the anticipation of seeing 27 players successful our situation and that’s a existent positive,” Wiegman said. “It volition springiness america much bully accusation to marque important decisions successful the adjacent future. Also naming the squad 12 days earlier the model begins gives each the players clarity arsenic the play ends for immoderate and carries connected for others.”

England’s Euros run begins against Group D rivals France successful Zurich connected 5 July and they volition yet anticipation to support their rubric successful 27 July’s last successful Basel.