Aluko, Duggan and Chapman miss out on England squad

06 September 2016 14:23

Mark Sampson has left Eni Aluko, Toni Duggan and Katie Chapman out of England's 23-woman squad for the Women's Euro 2017 qualifiers against Estonia and Belgium this month.

England are currently two points clear of second-placed Belgium but neither Aluko, Duggan - who is part of a Manchester City side who lead the Women's Super League - nor Chapman have made an appearance so far in the qualifying stages.

Chelsea's Millie Bright has been handed her first senior call-up after impressing Sampson at a recent training day with the squad at St George's Park.

Claire Rafferty, who has been out of the squad since March, and Danielle Carter have been recalled but Manchester City's Fran Kirby misses out due to injury.

Manager Sampson told the BBC: "We may have qualified for the Euros but our focus for our last two qualifiers is absolute.

"We know we face two challenging matches but our focus is two wins to go to the Netherlands as group winners."

He added: "We are delighted to properly welcome Millie into the group. Her progress over the last 18 months has been pleasing.

"She now joins us with experience of Champions League football and a high number of WSL appearances for both Doncaster and Chelsea, a nd she showed during the recent Next Gen camp she is ready for a senior call-up."

Squad: Karen Bardsley (Manchester City), Siobhan Chamberlain (Liverpool), Rebecca Spencer (Chelsea), Laura Bassett (Notts County), Lucy Bronze (Manchester City), Gilly Flaherty (Chelsea), Steph Houghton (Manchester City), Claire Rafferty (Chelsea), Alex Scott (Arsenal) , Demi Stokes (Manchester City), Casey Stoney (Arsenal) , Millie Bright (Chelsea), Karen Carney (Chelsea), Danielle Carter (Arsenal), Izzy Christiansen (Manchester City), Gemma Davison (Chelsea), Jade Moore (Notts County), Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal), Jill Scott (Manchester City), Fara Williams (Arsenal), Rachel Daly (Houston Dash), Jo Potter (Notts County), Nikita Parris (Manchester City).

Source: PA