Patrick Roberts, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Izzy Brown miss England’s U21 Euro 2017 squad

England have finalised their squad for the U21 European Championship with Patrick Roberts among those to miss out through injury.

England named a 28-man squad last week but Roberts, who spent last season on loan with Celtic, and injured Chelsea pair Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Izzy Brown will miss the tournament.

Roberts has been bothered by a hamstring problem while Loftus-Cheek has a back issue and Brown misses out after a long season with Huddersfield, which only ended when they were promoted to the Premier League towards the end of May.
There is also no place for Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, who will be part of Gareth Southgate’s senior squad instead.

Southampton midfielder Sam McQueen and Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith are named as standby players.

Manager Aidy Boothroyd said: „We have some good players and like for any international team, bringing them all together and getting them all to work as a single unit, that is always the challenging part.
„But we’ve got players with big-game experience now, lads who have played in cup finals, play-off finals, big games and a couple of senior internationals.

„In this particular age group we have a very capable, mature squad with a nice balance between the soldiers and the artists, so I’m really looking forward to it.

„I think we’re well equipped on paper and it’s now about putting some hard work in on the grass, which we’ve been doing over the last three weeks to be ready for the tournament.“
England begin their Group A campaign against Sweden on June 16 and then take on Slovakia on June 19 before a clash with tournament hosts Poland on June 22.

All three of England’s group games will take place in Kielce and you can watch the entire tournament from Poland live on Sky Sports.

England U21 squad:

Goalkeepers: Angus Gunn (Manchester City), Jonathan Mitchell (Derby County), Jordan Pickford (Sunderland).

Defenders: Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Ben Chilwell (Leicester City), Kortney Hause (Wolves), Rob Holding (Arsenal), Mason Holgate (Everton), Dominic Iorfa (Wolves), Alfie Mawson (Swansea City), Jack Stephens (Southampton), Matt Targett (Southampton).

Midfielders: Lewis Baker (Chelsea), Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Will Hughes (Derby County), John Swift (Reading), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
Forwards: Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), Demarai Gray (Leicester City), Jacob Murphy (Norwich City), Nathan Redmond (Southampton), Cauley Woodrow (Fulham).

Standby: Sam McQueen (Southampton) Joe Wildsmith (Sheffield Wednesday).