SAINTS attacker Tyler Dibling has withdrawn from the England under-19 squad through injury, the FA has claimed.
Teenage sensation Dibling, 18, has not joined up with Saints teammate Sam Amo-Ameyaw for the camp with Will Antwi's Young Lions team.
England’s youth team have taken on Portugal and will face Netherlands and France with Chelsea’s Tyrique George called up to replace Dibling.
Dibling started Southampton’s last match ahead of the international break, completing 90 minutes in the 3-1 defeat at Arsenal.
There had been no mention of injury going into the break, while some players withdraw from international duty merely to manage their physical load.
Tyler Dibling did not join up with Sam Amo-Ameyaw and England under-19s this week with the FA stating he had ‘withdrawn through injury’, to be replaced by Chelsea’s Tyrique George. Hopefully, just a case of having played a lot of minutes and not needing the additional.#SaintsFC
— Alfie House (@AlfieHouseEcho) October 10, 2024
Dibling has started each of the last four Premier League fixtures for Saints, having never started a senior league match in his career prior to this season.
The Saints academy graduate has impressed, scoring his first goal against Ipswich Town following the September international break.
Amo-Ameyaw played 65 minutes in the under-19's 2-1 defeat to Portugal, in which Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri netted from the bench.
Young striker Dom Ballard, 19, has been called up to England’s under-20s team after suffering an injury scare on loan at Blackpool.
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