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England person fixed a daze call-up to nan 17-year-old midfielder Erica Meg Parkinson for April’s World Cup qualifiers against Spain and Iceland.
The Singapore-born Parkinson, who plays for nan Portuguese first section broadside Valadares Gaia, will beryllium portion of Sarina Wiegman’s elder squad for nan first time, having antecedently featured crossed nan Lionesses pathway.
Parkinson was included successful nan under-23 squad for fixtures against Norway and nan United States astatine nan extremity of past year.
Wiegman connected Tuesday named a 23-player group pinch nan Arsenal guardant Beth Mead returning aft she missed nan past group of internationals pinch a hairline shin fracture.
Manchester City’s captain, Alex Greenwood, besides sat retired nan wins complete Ukraine and Iceland owing to wounded but is backmost successful nan squad. The London City Lionesses guardant Freya Godfrey, who earned a first call-up successful November, is included and is looking to gain her first cap.
Aggie Beever-Jones, Grace Clinton and Ella Toone are absent owing to injury. The Lionesses look nan world champions, Spain, astatine Wembley connected Tuesday 14 April, earlier facing Iceland successful Reykjavik 4 days later.
The gathering pinch Spain will beryllium nan first betwixt nan nations since nan Euro 2025 final, erstwhile Wiegman’s broadside go back-to-back European champions.
