Albion midfielder Max Sanders will be part of England’s next bid for international success.

The under-23s’ skipper from Horsham has been selected for the England under-19 squad heading to the European Championship finals.

It is Sanders’ first call-up and comes after a season in which he helped the Seagulls development squad to their divisional title and was named on the bench for the first team at Manchester United in the FA Cup.

England boss Paul Simpson has selected a 20-player squad with the Young Lions facing Turkey in Seinajoki tomorrow in the first of three group games.

They then play Ukraine on Friday and France next Monday with the top two progressing to the semi-finals.

The last four also qualify for next year’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Poland, a competition which Simpson knows well having won it with England in 2017.

Simpson said: “We’re going to Finland to try and win but the main objective for this group of players is tournament experience.

“We ideally want to achieve at least a semi-final spot or better.”