Todd Cantwell, Trevoh Chalobah and Reece James have withdrawn from the England U21 squad due to injury Before Fittings against Austria and Slovenia.
The Football Association announced that Readings Omar Richards has been called up by head trainer Aidy Boothroyd as a result.
Before they continue their qualifying effort for its 2021 European U21 Championship in the home to Austria four days after england traveling to face Slovenia in Maribor. Both teams are joint-top of team three with just two wins out of two games.
Their withdrawals follow this week, those of Morgan Gibbs-White Mason Greenwood and Reiss Nelson who withdrew due to injury.
Cantwell has enjoyed an impressive start to the year with Norwich, scoring two. Norwich confirmed on Thursday afternoon he has withdrawn from the squad with a hamstring strain.
Chelsea stated James and Chalobah, who is on loan Huddersfield from the Blues, wouldnt take part in the matches due tofitness worries.
James returned to practice last month after a spell out because of a knee ligament injury. He started at Chelseas 2-1 Champions League win over Lille and has made two appearances this year.
A tweet out of Huddersfield stated Chalobah had retreated from the group as aprecautionary measure.
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