Stoke City trio win call ups for England under-21s
15:05, 29 Aug 2025Updated 15:08, 29 Aug 2025
Divin Mubama scores for Stoke City against Derby.
Divin Mubama scores for Stoke City against Derby.(Image: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)
Divin Mubama, Ashley Phillips and Tommy Simkin have been called up to the England under-21s squad.
Centre-forward Mubama and centre-back Phillips are both on loan at [Stoke City](http://Mark Robins' verdict on Divin Mubama as Stoke trio win England u21s call-ups) for the season from Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur respectively while keeper Simkin is spending the campaign on loan from Stoke at Leyton Orient.
Mubama's first summons to this level is a reward for his early performances in his first real step up to regular senior football, scoring twice so far as well as a controversial red card in the win at Southampton last weekend. The 19-year-old will come back in the squad for Saturday's match against West Bromwich Albion after serving a one-match ban.
Mark Robins said: "Divin's good, I like him. I think he's a good player to have and I think he's a really good person as well. He's fun to be around for the rest of the team and the players and the staff. He's a really good character.
"I'm pleased with things in general. I think it's ok with heightened senses about where we can improve and maintain that feeling of performances, training sessions and everything that goes with it, meetings this morning and finishing touches that go into a game. It's all really important to get right."
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Simkin was in the 21s squad that has just been crowned European champions.
They now kick-off qualifying for the 2027 Euros with a match at Kazakhstan on Monday, September 8.
England under-21s squad
Goalkeepers: James Beadle (Birmingham City, loan from Brighton and Hove Albion), Tommy Simkin (Leyton Orient, loan from Stoke City), Matthew Young (Salford City, loan from Sunderland)
Defenders: Josh Acheampong (Chelsea), Max Alleyne (Watford, loan from Manchester City), Kellen Fisher (Norwich City), Brooke Norton Cuffy (Genoa), Rico Lewis (Manchester City), Ben Nelson (Leicester City), Ashley Phillips (Stoke City, loan from Tottenham Hotspur), Thierry Small (Preston North End)
Midfielders: Jobe Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Archie Gray (Tottenham Hotspur), Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion), Lewis Miley (Newcastle United), Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City)
Forwards: Tyler Dibling (Everton), Romain Esse (Crystal Palace), Tyrique George (Chelsea), Jamie Gittens (Chelsea), Will Lankshear (Oxford United, loan from Tottenham Hotspur), Divin Mubama (Stoke City, loan from Manchester City), Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal)
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