Aston Villa ace receives England honour ahead of U20s World Cup tournament

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10:10, 11 May 2023

Aston Villa loanee Aaron Ramsey celebrates scoring for Middlesbrough(Image: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Aston Villa youngster Aaron Ramsey has received an international call-up for the under-20s World Cup in Argentina.

The 20-year-old is currently on a season-long loan stint at Middlesbrough along with Cameron Archer. He has impressed at the Riverside, recording a total of 12 goal involvements in 29 outings.

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His stand out performances have granted him a place in head coach Ian Foster's 23-man squad for the trip to South America. The Young Lions will be in action later this month against Tunisia, Uruguay and Iraq in the group stages.

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England sealed a place in the tournament after winning last season's under-19s EURO title. They will be based in the capital of Buenos Aires for the group stage matches.

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Their first match with take place on Monday, May 22 against Tunisia (7pm BST), before facing Uruguay on Thursday, May 25 (7pm BST) The final match with Iraq will take place on Sunday, May 28 (7pm BST).

Some of the players called up will join the squad later due to their involvement in the EFL play-off games. The semi-finals are scheduled to take place over the next week and the finals set to happen across May 26-28.

Boro will play Coventry in the semi-final and Ramsey will therefore join the squad following conclusion of EFL play-off matches and assuming he has recovered from his ankle injury.

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The full under-20 World Cup squad includes:

Goalkeepers: James Beadle (Brighton & Hove Albion), Matthew Cox (Brentford), Teddy Sharman-Lowe (Chelsea) Defenders: Callum Doyle (Coventry City, loan from Manchester City), Ronnie Edwards (Peterborough United), Bashir Humphreys (Paderborn, loan from Chelsea), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Coventry City, loan from Arsenal)*, Daniel Oyegoke (Brentford), Jarell Quansah (Liverpool), Imari Samuels (Brighton & Hove Albion) Midfielders: Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea), Alfie Devine (Tottenham Hotspur), Sam Edozie (Southampton), Darko Gyabi (Leeds United), Aaron Ramsey (Middlesbrough, loan from Aston Villa) , Alex Scott (Bristol City), Harvey Vale (Chelsea) Forwards: Liam Delap (Manchester City), Daniel Jebbison (Sheffield United), Mateo Joseph (Leeds United), Dane Scarlett (Tottenham Hotspur)

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