Kicking off tomorrow, the biennial tournament is hosted this time by Poland, and covered by Sky Sports.
The tournament has been expanded to 12 teams. There are 3 groups of 4 teams. The group winners, along with the best second placed team, qualify for the semi finals.
ENGLAND
- Group A
Fixtures
Sweden Friday 16th June - 17:00
Slovakia - Monday 19th June - 17:00
Poland - Thursday 22nd June - 19:45
Likely XI
Pickford, Holgate, Holding, Stephens, Chilwell, Chalobah, Ward-Prowse, Baker, Redmond, Gray, Abraham
GROUP B
Spain, Portugal, Serbia, Macedonia
GROUP C
Germany, Denmark, Italy, Czech Republic
FAVOURITES
Spain and Germany lead the betting.
Spain have a host of familiar names, with the jewel in their crown Marco Asensio of Real Madrid. The likes of Denis Suarez, Hector Bellerin, Gerard Deulofeu, Jose Gaya, Sandro and Saul Niguez give them a strong squad.
Germany will look to senior internationals Maximilian Arnold, Max Mayer, Serge Gnabry, Jonathan Tah and Yannick Gerhardt to carry them to glory.
English based players
The hosts Poland have included Arsenal defender Krystian Bielik in their squad along with Leicesters Bartosz Kapustka
Sweden have highly rated Sunderland youngster Joel Asoro
Joel Pereira is a 'keeping option for Portugal, after breaking through at Manchester United.
Liverpool have Serbian midfielder Marko Grujić in the tournament.
The tournament runs from 16th June to 30th June.
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posted on 15/6/17
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posted on 15/6/17
String Spain squad, wow. Not I'm saying they shold be called up but likes of Alli, Dier, Stones, Rashford and even Sterling are all eligible.
posted on 15/6/17
That Spain squad is disgusting. Absolute embarrassment if they don't win it.
posted on 15/6/17
I didn't realise it was a biennial tournament.
Does that mean that only biennial players like Raheem Sterling and Will Young can play?
Isn't that a bit racialist for the 20th century?
posted on 15/6/17
comment by rossobianchi (U17054)
posted 6 minutes ago
I didn't realise it was a biennial tournament.
Does that mean that only biennial players like Raheem Sterling and Will Young can play?
Isn't that a bit racialist for the 20th century?
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None of this makes any sense whatsoever
posted on 15/6/17
This should be a great test for the lads, the Toulon tournament showed what our U21's reserves can do (no disrespect to the lads in the Toulon)
I would hope for a good show, confidence at a major tournament and being comfortable in that atmosphere/setup is key.
posted on 15/6/17
comment by Kunta Kinte Kante Conte (U1641)
posted 7 hours, 28 minutes ago
String Spain squad, wow. Not I'm saying they shold be called up but likes of Alli, Dier, Stones, Rashford and even Sterling are all eligible.
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It's a shame we don't go for it a bit more and select a team to actually win a tournament. I'm sure it would do those young players no harm at all to experience going far in tournament football.
Club football trumps international football though I suppose and as the league season is pretty tough, players need a break.
posted on 16/6/17
Hope we host a good tournament and do the country proud. Tough group it's a must win game tonight against Slovakia.
posted on 18/6/17
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