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Aidy Boothroyd ponders England Under-21 squad after Denmark win

RANDERS, DENMARK - MARCH 27:  Ruben Loftus-Cheek of England (10) celebrates as he scores their fourth goal with Will Hughes (4) during the U21 internationa

England Under-21 manager Aidy Boothroyd admits he has been left with plenty to ponder ahead of picking his squad for the European U21 Championships in Poland.

The U21s continued their preparations for the tournament with a 4-0 victory over Denmark on Monday.

England have no more internationals before the end of the season and will meet up again in May for a series of training camps before facing Sweden in their European Championship opener on June 16.

Having made 10 changes for the meeting with Denmark after losing 1-0 to Germany on Friday, Boothroyd is now faced with naming a 23-man squad to travel to Poland.

"It's a nice place to be," he said. "With Joe Gomez, Solly March and Cauley Woodrow coming back, it gives them a chance to stake a claim and I thought they all played really well.

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"For me now, it's about making sure we monitor them and make sure they're okay and keep them in the right nick for the summer.

"They've all worked hard, we've thrown a lot of new things at them this camp and to have two really good games away from home and to play the way we did tonight was excellent."

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Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored twice against Denmark with March and Woodrow also netting.

"It's been two really good games for us and two really enjoyable games from my point of view as I've learned loads about the lads," said Boothroyd, who was in charge for the first time after his permanent appointment.

RANDERS, DENMARK - MARCH 27:  Ruben Loftus-Cheek of England (10) celebrates as scores their first goal with Cauley Woodrow (9) and Jacob Murphy (11) during
Image: Ruben Loftus-Cheek (10) scored twice against Denmark

"I thought we played really well, we played some really good stuff and got into some good positions and perhaps could've been a bit more clinical if I'm being overly critical.

"But that was a really pleasing performance and that's the way that we look to play and managed to string some good sequences together with an end product and that's what we're all about.

"There was some real positives for us tonight, I thought Sam McQueen was excellent and Will Hughes had a real captain's game in the middle of the pitch.

"And Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who we've seen little bits of, was excellent tonight."

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