Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa ‘knew time would come’ for England call-up

Ezri Konsa during England’s training session at St George’s Parkon Tuesday (Simon Marper/PA)

Ezri Konsa was always confident his England chance would come.

The Aston Villa defender, who won the Under-20 World Cup in 2017 and also played for England Under-21s, has been brought into the senior set-up for the first time at the age of 26 for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta on Friday and North Macedonia next Monday.