Dortmund youngster Jude Bellingham called up by Southgate for England, fans rejoice

Jude Bellingham has been called up to  England national team for first time after James Ward-Prowse and Trent Alexander-Arld withdrew through injury.  17-year-old midfielder had originally been included in U-21 squad but was promoted to Gareth Southgate’s side after Three Lions' senior squad was hit by injuries.

Trent Alexander-Arld is out for up to four weeks after picking up a calf injury in  Reds' 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Sunday and Saints midfield wizard James Ward-Prowse dropped out as a precautionary mess after pulling up with a tight hamstring. 

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England football team call up BVB's Bellingham

Jude Bellingham only made his Birmingham debut last season but club chose to retire his number 22 shirt in hour of what he had achieved at St Andrew’s before his move to Borussia Dortmund. Bellingham will w be with England football team for triple-header against Ireland, Belgium and Iceland. Meanwhile, England Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd covered loss of Bellingham by calling up Everton pair Tom Davies and Ben Godfrey. 

majority of squad arrived at St. George’s Park yesterday with Ben Chilwell, Eric Dier, Harry Kane, Kyle Walker, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling due to report today. England will face Ireland at Wembley on Thursday before travelling to Belgium on Sunday and n playing Iceland next Wednesday.

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Fans celebrate Jude Bellingham's call-up 

A lot of fans are excited to see young midfielder in action for senior squad. Man United chased Bellingham for most of summer and were close to a deal for n Birmingham City starlet, but Dortmund beat m to punch in a repeat of Haaland chase.

While Bellingham's call-up was cause for optimism, a small section of fans claimed it was just too early to be handing Bellingham a senior debut. Some claimed that likes of James Maddison and Ross Barkley should have been handed call-ups instead. 

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Marcus Rashford will be late to national squad 

Marcus Rashford will t join Three Lions until Thursday as Manchester United have been given more time to assess  shoulder injury he sustained in 3-1 win over Everton on Saturday. Once he joins Three Lions squad, he will have scans with England to find out extent of blow.

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