Fulham midfielder Josh King has been included in the England squad for this summer’s European Under 19 Championships in Romania.
The eighteen year-old midfielder, who came off the bench to help create crucial goals from Tom Cairney and Harry Wilson as the Whites won a thrilling derby at Brentford yesterday, has been named in Will Antwi’s 23-man squad for the tournament, which gets underway on June 13. King, who has made ten senior appearances for Fulham this term, has previously captained England at under-16, under-18 and under-19 level.
The young Lions have been drawn in Group B along with Germany, the Netherlands and Norway. England’s campaign will get underway against the Norwegians in Ploie?ti on June 14 before they tackle the Germans in Bucharest on June 17 and finish their group games against the Dutch on 20 June in Bucharest. The top two sides from each group will then contest the semi-finals.
Lets hope we can keep this future star instead of selling him as we normally do for a quick profit.
We don’t always sell for a quick profit, bigger clubs turn there heads and we get money paid after by tribunal. Recently Stansfield is the only one sold for profit and he wanted to go. Don’t let facts get in way on running your club down. And chairman on average since he bought the club has put in 38m a year
Marco has nursed King along and not exposed him too much this season, at least I’m assuming that’s the plan. Despite that, his selection for England U19s suggests the strategy is working. I hope he starts against Man C. as an acknowledgement that he’s making good progress. He does look a very good prospect and his England Youth record bares this out. Wish him well and of course hope he remains in SW6 for sometime.
A must for next year….Josh King Olae Olea Olea