James in England squad for Euros despite injury

Lauren James has been included successful Sarina Wiegman's 23-player England squad for Euro 2025, portion Michelle Agyemang has besides got the nod.

Following the retirements of Mary Earps and Fran Kirby, and the lack of Millie Bright arsenic she prioritises her intelligence health, the large question people was whether James would marque the cut. She injured her hamstring successful April portion playing for England against Belgium and is yet to marque her instrumentality to the pitch.

But Wiegman has gambled connected James' fittingness and decided to see her, on with Agyemang and Lotte Wubben-Moy. However, determination is nary spot successful the squad for Missy Bo Kearns, Laura Blindkilde Brown and Nikita Parris.

The squad was unveiled via a poem, with respective well-known figures speechmaking retired the names, including: David Beckham, Ian Wright, Rachel Daly, Keely Hodgkinson, Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka and Daisy May Cooper.

With Earps absent, the 3 goalkeepers picked were expected. Wiegman had antecedently said Ellie Roebuck, the Barcelona goalkeeper, had a mode to spell to get a recall. She has named 8 defenders successful the squad with Wubben-Moy and Maya Le Tissier some included.

The midfield looks a small airy with conscionable 5 going. Kearns was successful with a outcry of making the squad, but she is connected the standby list.

Up front, the astonishment bundle is Agyemang, whose sole quality for England came successful their decision to Belgium. But successful that time, she scored a wondergoal aft conscionable 41 seconds aft coming connected arsenic a substitute successful the 80th minute. Parris is the unlucky guardant who misses out, with 13 of the 23 named portion of the radical who won Euro 2022.

"I cognize this is an breathtaking day, for the players and besides for our fans and it underlines that the tourney is coming soon," Wiegman said.

"Telling the players they person made the squad is ever a large moment. They volition each springiness everything to assistance america marque the state proud. This radical is simply a precise well-balanced premix of players with aggregate tournaments connected their CVs and besides those that volition marque their tourney debuts. I americium excited to spot what we are susceptible of this summer.

"At the aforesaid time, I bash consciousness for those that person conscionable missed out. I tin lone sanction 23 but determination are much players who person been truthful important to america connected our travel to Switzerland. We would not beryllium present without them.

"As we look forward, we inactive person a period to spell until we play the archetypal game. After immoderate important rest, we volition each beryllium moving truly hard to marque definite we are acceptable to spell connected 5 July."

There are 4 players connected the standby list: Kearns, Sophie Baggaley, Blindkilde Brown and Lucy Parker.

Full England squad:

Goalkeepers: Hannah Hampton, Khiara Keating, Anna Moorhouse.

Defenders: Lucy Bronze, Jess Carter, Niamh Charles, Alex Greenwood, Maya Le Tissier, Esme Morgan, Leah Williamson, Lotte Wubben-Moy.

Midfielders: Grace Clinton, Jess Park, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Keira Walsh.

Forwards: Michelle Agyemang, Aggie Beever-Jones, Lauren Hemp, Lauren James, Chloe Kelly, Beth Mead, Alessia Russo.