Three Manchester City players were left out of the England squad this week, but there was an extra face from the club in Gareth Southgate's training group on Wednesday.
Jack Grealish is recovering from injury, while Rico Lewis is back with the under-21s and Kalvin Phillips was left out completely as he faces a fight for his club and international future. That leaves Phil Foden, John Stones and Kyle Walker in the England squad to face Brazil and Belgium.
On Wednesday, however, there was another City player called up, with 17-year-old Youth Team centre-back Kian Noble accompanying the squad for an experience of a lifetime.
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With Harry Kane, Jordan Henderson, Bukayo Saka and Cole Palmer all training individually, Southgate called up Noble, who has captained the Young Lions up to under-17 level. The ball-playing centre-back from Doncaster has trained with the City first team, and named Stones and Walker as senior players who have helped him along at the CFA, while Foden could be seen walking out with Noble to training at St George's Park on Wednesday.
BBC Sport report that Noble was selected as he was suspended for the under-17 fixture on Wednesday so could not play.
Speaking to MEN Sport last month, Noble described the feeling of captaining England at youth level. "It's brilliant, it's the national anthem that gets me all the time," the likeable defender said. "You think about your family and where you've come from. I really enjoy it. I always see my mum and dad and brother, it's great to see them on your journey. They always come to every game when they can."
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