Jay Emmanuel-Thomas added to England u-19 squad for Holland clash

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has been drafted into the England u-19 squad for tomorrow’s friendly with Holland following the withdrawal of Manchester United’s Danny Drinkwater. It is his first call-up at under-19 level, although he did represent England u-18s against Ghana last season.  Jay joins fellow Arsenal team-mates Rhys Murphy, Henri Lansbury and Gavin Hoyte in the squad for the game, which is the Three Lions’ final warm-up game before qualification for the 2009 UEFA under-19 Championships commences next month. During that qualification campaign, England will take on Albania, Northern Ireland and Serbia and the Holland game will give coach Brian Eastick a final chance to have a look at his players before the competitive action begins.

The Arsenal quartet will be up against a familiar face tomorrow in Nacer Barazite, who is currently on loan at Derby County in the Championship. Nacer grabbed a brace against Scotland at the weekend and will be looking to continue his goalscoring streak tomorrow at Shrewsbury’s Prostar stadium.

Tomorrow’s game kicks off at 7.45PM.

ENGLAND SQUAD: BEN AMOS, MEDY ELITO, JONATHAN FRANKS, LEE HILLS, GAVIN HOYTE, HENRI LANSBURY, VICTOR MOSES, RHYS MURPHY, KRYSTIAN PEARCE, DANIEL ROSE, JASON STEELE, KIERAN TRIPPIER, DANIEL WELBECK, MICHAEL WOODS, MATTHEW BRIGGS, JACK RODWELL, JAY EMMANUEL-THOMAS, NATHAN BAKER.

NETHERLANDS SQUAD: DALEY BLIND, BEN RIENSTRA, MARCO VEJINOVIC, PATRICK VAN AANHOLT, NACER BARAZITE, KAJ RAMSTEYN, LUIS PEDRO, GEORGINIO WIJNALDUM, MART DIJKSTRA, LEONARD NEINHUIS, LUCIANO NARSINGH, RICHARD STOLTE, RIDNEY CAIRO, KAY VELDA, LARS HUTTEN, EVERT BREUWERS, GENERO ZEEFUIK.