Tyrick Mitchell has become the third Crystal Palace player to be called up to Gareth Southgate’s senior England squad this season. Southgate had confirmed previously that Mitchell had been on his radar after watching him perform well in Palace’s 2-0 win over Wolves at Molineux this month. His inclusion in the squad comes as Chelsea’s Reece James joined Trent Alexander-Arnold in pulling out through injury. James missed Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final at the Riverside.
The FA’s statement read: “Crystal Palace’s Tyrick Mitchell and Southampton’s Kyle Walker-Peters have been rewarded with their first England senior call-ups. The pair of full-backs will also be joined in the squad by West Bromwich Albion’s Sam Johnstone and Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins. This follows the withdrawal of Aaron Ramsdale, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Reece James and Tammy Abraham through injury. It will be Mitchell’s first involvement with England at any level while Walker-Peters, a 2017 FIFA U20 World Cup winner, has amassed caps from U18 through to U21 level.”
After initially missing out on the England squad, Patrick Vieira told reporters that Mitchell need not worry and that his time would come.
Patrick Viera said: “It’s not about him being disappointed or putting more pressure on himself – it’s about looking at where he was and where he is today. When his name is mentioned around being an international player and going with England, I think it’s an excitement for him – it’s an ambition. My advice for him would be to keep working as hard as he has been doing in the last couple of months and to keep improving. We never know – it may come. I want him to have that on the side of his head – that has to be an ambition for him.”
