Former Liverpool star's son and 15-year-old Arsenal wonderkid are named in England's U17 Euros squad

A erstwhile Liverpool star's lad has been named successful England's Under-17 squad for their European Championship run this summer.

The team, presently coached by Neil Bryan, volition caput to Albania successful astir a week for the competition, with their archetypal crippled against Belgium connected May 20.

England person won the contention once, with the occurrence coming backmost successful 2010 with a squad including the likes of Jack Butland and Ross Barkley - though the tourney lone has 8 teams competing.

It's the aforesaid this year, with England placed successful Group B alongside Belgium, Italy and Czechia.

They volition unfastened their tourney against Belgium, earlier facing Italy connected May 23 and past Czechia connected May 26. Should they progress, they volition look either Albania, France, Germany oregon Portugal successful the knockouts.

And they volition person precocious hopes of success, having named their squad connected Monday and including a erstwhile Premier League forward's lad - arsenic good arsenic an Arsenal wonderkid.

Reigan Heskey, who is the lad of erstwhile Liverpool - among others - guardant Emile has been named successful the 21-player squad for the competition.

Heskey, who was calved successful January 2008, is 17 and connected the books astatine Manchester City. He joined the nine successful 2016, and appeared for the Under-15 broadside successful November 2023 astatine the property of 15.

At nine level, helium has been progressive with City's Under-21 side, and gained attraction erstwhile he scored a hat-trick successful the abstraction of 22 minutes connected his debut successful Premier League 2. He has besides played alongside his brother, Jaden, astatine City.

And Heskey is nary alien to the England U17 set-up, having played 7 times and scoring his archetypal extremity against Germany successful September 2024.

Arsenal prima Max Dowman, meanwhile, is besides progressive pursuing his awesome tally for the Gunners' Under-18 side.

The 15-year-old is expected to spell connected circuit with Arsenal's archetypal squad this summer, and was praised by caput manager Adam Birchall aft his brace against Aston Villa astatine the weekend.

'Obviously, radical spot him and helium glides and helium moves truthful wonderfully with the ball,' Adam Birchall said. 'But that broadside of the game, I know, means a batch to him.

'He's truly trying to make it, and that showed improvement today. So, yes, helium had a fantastic day.'