England Below-21s v Portugal Below-21s (19:45 GMT)
Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport soccer information reporter
Ethan Nwaneri is ready for a full England Below-21s debut in opposition to Portugal.
The Arsenal attacker made his Younger Lions debut off the bench on his 18th birthday in Friday’s 5-3 pleasant defeat in France.
He eight objectives in 29 video games for the Gunners this season and is in line to start out within the pleasant sport at The Hawthorns this night.
“Yeah, undoubtedly. I feel he is displaying that he is greater than
succesful.” boss Lee Carsley stated when requested if Nwaneri may begin. “It was vital we tried to share the minutes round
on this camp.
“I do not suppose anybody must do two 90s (minutes). So yeah, Ethan’s obtained a
good probability of beginning.”
Nonetheless, skipper Taylor Harwood-Bellis has returned to Southampton for a scan on a thigh drawback.
The centre-back got here off within the second half of the defeat in Lorient with the severity of the problem unknown.
Carsley stated: “Taylor’s been despatched again to the membership, he’ll get a scan on his thigh. It appeared OK however we have stated previously we’ll by no means take any possibilities with the gamers. As quickly as there’s a problem they return to the membership.”