Grealish gets U21 squad call-up

Just 24 hours after Martin O’Neill revealed Jack Grealish’s reluctance to answer a senior call-up, the Aston Villa starlet was yesterday named in the Ireland U21 squad for Friday week’s Uefa Championship qualifier against Germany in Halle.

Concerns about the 18-year-old switching allegiance to England haven’t been dissipated by Noel King’s decision to pick him as he cannot change for another year unless it’s to accept a shock invitation by Roy Hodgson into the senior fold of the Three Lions.

Although England’s U21s are on the brink of qualifying for next year’s European Championship finals in Czech Republic, Fifa rules prevent a player from representing two different nations over the same campaign. Grealish, (pictured) however, is young enough to figure in the next set of qualifiers that kick off in September 2015.