SEVEN Saints players have been called up to England's youth teams ahead of the September international break.

New loan signing Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Sam Edozie have both received a call-up to the England Under-21 side, who are the current European Champions.

Saints under-21 stars Kami Doyle and Dom Ballard have been selected for the England u-19 side ahead of their trip to Spain to play two fixtures against Germany and Switzerland

Sam Amo-Ameyaw, Tyler Diblign and Jayden Meghoma make up the trio of Southampton players selected by the under-18 squad. 

Ryan Garry's side will play three fixtures against France, Japan and Portugal.

Speaking to the Daily Echo earlier this month, Ballard, who has scored six goals in three Premier League 2 games this season, revealed he is targeting the under-19 European Championships later this year.

He said: “We’ve got Northern Ireland for the Euros and I’ve spoken to the England boss and it’s definitely something I want to push towards.

“Playing for your country is an honour but I’m taking everything as it comes. Scoring goals and the biggest thing is playing first team – that’s how you get noticed.

“If I can keep getting on the bench, maybe getting some minutes and scoring some goals, that’s how I’ll get noticed.”