Who is in England’s squad for the Under-21 European Championship? Arsenal and Liverpool youngsters included

England will be among the favourites when the European U21 Championship takes place this summer.

Lee Carsley has announced his Three Lions squad for the tournament in Romania and Georgia and it features some of the Premier League’s brightest young talents.

Chelsea’s Levi Colwill is the headline inclusion, having been drafted in to train with the senior England set-up recently.

The defender stepped up to cover for former Brighton teammate Lewis Dunk who pulled out of the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia through injury.

But Colwill will return to the Under-21s for their tournament, alongside fellow Chelsea star Noni Madueke.

Another Blues defender, Lewis Hall, has not been included while Manchester City’s treble-winner Rico Lewis has also been left behind.

Spurs wing-back Djed Spence misses out due to a knee issue, but Arsenal’s Emile Smith Rowe has recovered from his own injuries to take part.

Liverpool duo Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott and Nottingham Forest star Morgan Gibbs-White have also been named in a strong squad.

Other notable players include former Manchester United starlet Angel Gomes who has impressed at Lille and Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite, who starred on loan at PSV last season.

England U21 Squad in full

• Goalkeepers: Josh Griffiths (West Bromwich Albion), Carl Rushworth (Brighton and Hove Albion), James Trafford (Manchester City)
• Defenders: Max Aarons (Norwich City), Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton), Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Charlie Cresswell (Leeds United), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Manchester City), Ben Johnson (West Ham United), Luke Thomas (Leicester City)
• Midfielders: Tommy Doyle (Manchester City), Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), James Garner (Everton), Angel Gomes (Lille), Curtis Jones (Liverpool), Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa), Oliver Skipp (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Forwards: Cameron Archer (Aston Villa), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Noni Madueke (Chelsea), Cole Palmer (Manchester City) Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal)

Euro U21 Championship: When and where is it? 

The 2023 European U21 Championship will begin on Wednesday, June 21 before the final over two weeks later on Saturday, July 8. 

Games will take place in Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest in Romania and in Batumi, Kutaisi and Tbilisi in Georgia. 

England will be in Group C alongside Czech Republic, Germany and Israel.