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Phil Neville picks squad for England’s ‘momentous’ clash with Germany


Phil Neville has picked 17 of his World Cup players in the England Women’s squad for the forthcoming autumn internationals against Germany and the Czech Republic.

The 21-player squad will meet up at their St George’s Park base next week in preparation for the visit of Germany to a sold-out Wembley stadium on 9 November.

Neville said: “This is going to be a momentous occasion in the history of women’s football in England. To have sold out Wembley stadium for the first time and to have potentially over 80,000 fans cheering on our team will not only be record-breaking, it will be an incredibly proud and humbling experience for myself and my players and staff.

“It will be a hugely significant landmark moment on our journey and we are all extremely honoured to be playing a part in that. But it will also be a moment for us to say thank you and show our enormous appreciation to all those players throughout the history of the women’s game in England whose hard work, determination and resilience in far tougher times has helped bring us to where we are today.

“The hairs will be standing up on the backs of our necks a week on Saturday when we walk out onto the Wembley pitch. I’m delighted that so many of England’s former players are able to join us for an occasion which celebrates the achievements of every one of them.”

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