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Wolves pair join Aston Villa's Jack Grealish in England under-21 squad

Wolves defensive duo Dominic Iorfa and Kortney Hause have been included in the England squad for this month’s UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

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Villa attacker Jack Grealish has also made boss Aidy Boothroyd’s final 23-man squad for the tournament, which takes place in Poland between June 16 and 30.

The trio had been among an initial 28-man group invited to train at the National Football Centre in Burton last week.

England have been paired with Sweden, Slovakia and the hosts in the group stage of the 12-team competition. Only the group winners are guaranteed a place in the semi-finals.

Grealish has been part of the under-21 set-up since opting to play for England over the Republic of Ireland last year.

Southampton’s James Ward-Prowse will captain the team.

Boothroyd told thefa.com: "We have some good players and like for any international team, bringing them all together and getting them all to work as a single unit, that is always the challenging part.

"But we've got players with big-game experience now, lads who have played in cup finals, play-off finals, big games and a couple of senior internationals.

"In this particular age group we have a very capable, mature squad with a nice balance between the soldiers and the artists, so I'm really looking forward to it.

"I think we're well equipped on paper and it's now about putting some hard work in on the grass, which we've been doing over the last three weeks to be ready for the tournament."