Tammy Abraham, Tomori aren't guaranteed 1st team action with England - Southgate reveals
- Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori recently got their respective England call up
- But Three Lions coach Southgate has revealed his selection for the Euro 2020 qualifier will be based on merit
- The England boss also stressed that it is morally wrong to hand the Chelsea pair a call up to prevent them from playing for Nigeria
Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori are not guaranteed to make their competitive debut when England takes on the Czech Republic and Bulgaria in a Euro 2020 qualifier.
England coach Gareth Southgate has disclosed that despite handing the two youngsters who are also qualified to play for Nigeria a call up, his selection ahead of both matches will be based on merit.
But if both Chelsea stars make an appearance in the qualifiers they will continue to play for the Three Lions going forward.
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However, Southgate has insisted that it is morally wrong to invite both the pair just to prevent them from playing for the three-time African champions.
After The Three Lions squad announcement on Thursday, October 3, Southgate said on Abraham: ''I haven't discussed it with him, I have left Frank to have the conversation to let him know he's in the squad which is always nice for a club manager to be able to do.
''We have got literally close to hundreds of players now in our system with dual nationality so I don't think it is ethically right just to give a player a cap to make sure they can't play for somebody else.''
Southgate who also represented England and Middlesbrough in his playing days stressed that Abraham and Tomori are homegrown talents and their allegiance is with England.
He added: ''The two boys Fik and Tammy are in the squad this time on merit.
''I am not going to guarantee that they are going to get on the pitch but they have been part of our junior system, Fik came a little bit later than Tammy but he's been part of the youth team that won the World Cup.
''As far as we are concerned, the two boys have been developed through English football.
''They are English players and I'm sure they have huge desire to play for England at senior level''.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Emmanuel Bonaventure's brace against Real Madrid has made history as the earliest goal scored by a Club Brugge player in the Champions League.
The Nigerian striker who recently got his second international call up for the forthcoming match against Brazil in October, posted a man-of-the-match performance against the Spanish giants.
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