With the FIFA U20 World Cup approaching, England’s U-20 head coach Paul Simpson announced his squad selection to travel to South Korea and Ainsley Maitland-Niles is the only Arsenal player featured in the squad.
The tournament starts on May 20 and lasts until June 11.
In the group stage, England will face Argentina, Guinea and South Korea in the final group stage game.
Here is the final list of 21 players that will travel to South Korea:
Goalkeepers
- Freddie Woodman (Newcastle United)
- Dean Henderson (Manchester United)
- Luke Southwood (Reading)
Defenders
- Jonjoe Kenny (Everton)
- Callum Connolly (Everton)
- Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea)
- Jake Clarke-Salter (Chelsea)
- Rico Henry (Brentford)
- Kyle Walker-Peters (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Dael Fry (Middlesbrough)
Midfielders
- Lewis Cook (AFC Bournemouth)
- Josh Onomah (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal)
- Kieran Dowell (Everton)
- Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool)
- Ovie Ejaria (Liverpool)
Forwards
- Adam Armstrong (Newcastle United)
- Dominic Solanke (Chelsea)
- Ademola Lookman (Everton)
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton)
- Harrison Chapman (Middlesbrough)
The U20 squad will miss the likes of Patrick Roberts, Axel Tuanzebe and Izzy Brown as their clubs declared them unavailable due to first team commitments.
With the majority of the current selection consisting of players who featured at the U19s European Championship Finals that were held last July, England’s boss Paul Simpson will hope that his squad can at least reach the knock-out phase of the tournament.