Tammy Abraham is set to receive a first competitive call-up for England when Gareth Southgate names his squad on Thursday for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria. The Chelsea striker, who has been in impressive goalscoring form for his club this season, qualifies for Nigeria through his father. He won two caps for England against Germany and Brazil in 2017 but, as they were friendlies, he retains the right to switch his international allegiance to Nigeria. Nigeria have attempted to persuade Abraham to transfer to them but it now appears they are resigned to him committing to England. “They are not interested in discussing their international options at the moment and we need to respect that,” Rohr said.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2019 19:52 UTC