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Manchester United’s Millie Turner has been referred to as up for England after Arsenal’s Leah Williamson pulled out because of harm.
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Williamson had discovered herself again in Sarina Wiegman’s facet for the primary time since her ACL harm on the finish of final season.
Nevertheless, after she was disregarded of Jonas Eidevall’s facet yesterday because the Gunners took on United on the Emirates, it grew to become obvious she was as soon as once more injured.
Eidevall confirmed she had a hamstring harm which might greater than doubtless rule her out of the upcoming worldwide friendlies in opposition to Austria and Italy.
Now, it has been confirmed that United’s Millie Turner will exchange the previous England Captain.
Turner joined United for his or her inaugural season in 2018 and has been an integral a part of the squad ever since.
She has made 133 appearances for United.
The defender has been referred to as up for England on quite a few events however is but to earn her senior cap.
Her first call-up got here in September 2020, when she was invited to affix the group for a coaching camp at St. George’s Park, when the crew was nonetheless underneath Phil Neville.
She is going to be a part of fellow United stars Mary Earps, Maya Le Tissier, Ella Toone and Grace Clinton.
The 23-strong squad will journey to Spain on Monday the place they are going to play two fixtures on the Estadio Nuevo Mirador in Algeciras, beginning with Austria on Friday 23 February adopted by Italy on Tuesday 27 February.
United don’t return to motion till March third, once they journey to West Ham within the Ladies’s Tremendous League.
