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Chelsea starlet Solanke admits England senior call was 'crazy'

Dom Solanke admits to being completely blown away by his England call on Tuesday.

The Chelsea young gun was set to pick up his England Youth Player of the Year award at St George's before watching the Three Lions train but instead found himself with a senior training kit and walking among stars such as Wayne Rooney, Gary Cahill and Joe Hart.

"I was told I might be getting called up to train with the first team, and I was just hoping that it would be a yes," Solanke, 17, told TheFA.com.

"We were all going down as a squad to watch, then about half an hour before we were going to head over (U18s coach) Neil Dewsnip told me I was going to be training and from then I was just buzzing and really looking forward to it.

"It was a crazy feeling, a mix of excitement and nerves. Obviously, it's all the best players in England so the level was going to be really high. It was a good stage to try and impress as well."

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