First England cap for Leeds United star Kalvin Phillips as Gareth Southgate names him in Three Lions side to face Denmark
Kalvin Phillips will become the first Leeds United player to start for England since Danny Mills in 2003, when he lines up for the Three Lions to face Denmark this evening.
The Whites academy graduate has been handed his first international cap by Gareth Southgate.
Phillips was an unnamed substitute for England's first Nations League game at the weekend, a 1-0 win for Southgate's men.
The defensive midfielder, a one-club man, is yet to play top flight football and was never called up for a youth international team.
But his contribution to Leeds' promotion success under Marcelo Bielsa last season put him on Southgate's radar and attracted interest from Jamaica, for whom he would have qualified through his father.
The 24-year-old has made 165 league appearances for his boyhood club and tonight becomes their 32nd player to represent England.
Southgate's side for tonight's game at Telia Parken in Copenhagen is as follows: Pickford, Alexander-Arnold, Trippier, Coady, Gomez, Dier, Phillips, Rice, Kane, Sterling, Sancho. Subs: Mings, Pope, Keane, Maitland-Niles, Ward-Prowse, Grealish, Mount, Abraham, Ings, Henderson.