Fans Delighted As Burnley Centre Half Gets England Reward
Gareth Southgate has now named his England team for tonight’s friendly against Italy at Wembley Stadium and Burnley centre half James Tarkowski is set to earn his first cap.
England take to the pitch at 8pm this evening and Tarkowski’s form for Burnley this season, as he manfully stepped up to replace Everton bound Michael Keane, saw him named in the group alongside teammate Nick Pope as they both received their maiden call-ups.
Tarkowski must have impressed Southgate during training as he’s been named in the starting eleven and he takes his place alongside:
Jack Butland, Kieran Trippier, Ashley Young, Kyle Walker, John Stone, James Tarkowski, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Eric Dier, Jamie Vardy, Raheem Sterling, Jesse Lingard
Look who’s won his first @england cap! ????@Tarky19 pic.twitter.com/5NGLpHQBWc
? Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) 27 March 2018
He becomes the 28th Claret in history to be capped by England and the fourth Burnley player to represent the nation since the start of 2017.
Fully deserved!
? Jake Moore (@JakeMooreSport) 27 March 2018
BOOM – absolutely buzzing for Tarky. All the best ???????????????????????????? ???????? ????????
? Stewart Bird (@StewBirdy) 27 March 2018
Well done !! Good to see you’re getting recognition for your excellent displays with the Clarets!!
? SeánBurnleyfan (@seancampbellbfc) 27 March 2018
Fantastic for the club, fantastic for Dyche but more importantly recognition Tarky deserves after consistently performing to the highest standard and biding his time last year when others would have settled for a place on the bench. Well deserved and proud to be a Claret UTC
? Rob Harvey (@robharvey430) 27 March 2018
I can’t like that Tweet enough! Congrats Tarky!
? GrumpyArtist (@Art_of_Damo) 27 March 2018
Congratulations Tarky – show them what you’re made of! A well deserved recognition for his performances through 2017/18 so far.
