James and Agyemang in England's Euro 2025 squad

Sarina Wiegman has named Lauren James successful her 23-player squad for Euro 2025 arsenic England effort to support their rubric successful Switzerland adjacent month.

Chelsea guardant James has not featured for nine oregon state since April aft picking up a hamstring injury.

But the 23-year-old, who has scored 7 goals successful 27 appearances for England, is simply a cardinal subordinate and manager Wiegman is consenting to instrumentality a hazard connected her fitness.

Teenager Michelle Agyemang is an breathtaking addition, included arsenic 1 of 7 forwards successful the squad, contempt making conscionable 1 quality for the elder team.

England look satellite fig 11 broadside France successful their opening crippled connected 5 July (20:00 BST) and besides look 10th-ranked Netherlands and Wales successful a pugnacious group. The last volition beryllium held successful Basel connected 27 July.

Goalkeepers: Hannah Hampton (Aston Villa), Khiara Keating (Manchester City), Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Pride).

Defenders: Lucy Bronze (Chelsea), Leah Williamson (Arsenal), Jess Carter (Chelsea), Alex Greenwood (Manchester City), Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal), Esme Morgan (Washington Spirit), Niamh Charles (Chelsea), Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United.

Midfielders: Ella Toone (Manchester United), Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich), Keira Walsh (Manchester City), Grace Clinton (Manchester United), Jess Park (Manchester City).

Forwards: Lauren Hemp (Manchester City), Lauren James (Chelsea), Chloe Kelly (Arsenal connected indebtedness from Manchester City), Beth Mead (Arsenal), Michelle Agyemang (Brighton connected indebtedness from Arsenal), Alessia Russo (Arsenal), Aggie Beever-Jones (Chelsea).

Arsenal 19-year-old Agyemang scored a stunning extremity 41 seconds into her debut successful a 3-2 decision by Belgium successful April.

Also included successful the squad is Bayern Munich midfielder Georgia Stanway, who has played 60 minutes successful the past week aft returning from a superior genu injury.

Manchester City duo Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp had genu operations this play but returned astatine the extremity of the Women's Super League run to guarantee their spot successful the squad was secure.

It has been a chaotic fortnight for England with goalkeeper Mary Earps and midfielder Fran Kirby announcing their planetary retirements, portion 2023 World Cup skipper Millie Bright withdrew from selection connected Wednesday to absorption connected her carnal and intelligence wellbeing.

Nine players from the Euro 2022 squad are not included this clip astir with 5 having retired.

Four players are connected a standby list: Brighton goalkeeper Sophie Baggaley, Manchester City midfielder Laura Blindkilde Brown, Aston Villa midfielder Missy Bo Kearns and Villa defender Lucy Parker.

They volition enactment with the squad astatine St George's Park from Monday, 16 June to Monday, 30 June, erstwhile the remainder of the squad question to Switzerland

James is undoubtedly 1 of the world's astir talented footballers and that was connected amusement successful her archetypal large tourney astatine the 2023 World Cup.

It was little than a twelvemonth aft making her debut and she enactment successful 2 player-of-the-match displays against Denmark and China successful the radical stages, scoring 3 goals and providing 3 assists.

She was past needlessly sent disconnected for lasting connected Michelle Alozie's backmost successful the last-16 lucifer with Nigeria, receiving a two-match ban. She returned for the last successful Sydney, erstwhile England were beaten 1-0 by Spain.

Her creativity, exquisite dribbling quality and superb long-range shooting method makes her 1 of the hardest players to support against.

Wiegman often uses James arsenic a winger, interchanging with Manchester City's Hemp connected the other side, but she tin besides play arsenic a fig 10.

Her inclusion successful the squad gives Wiegman much attacking depth, arsenic good arsenic a imaginable wildcard disconnected the seat successful the aboriginal stages of the competition.

More to follow.