England U21 coach Gareth Southgate doesn't intend to select Liverpool midfielder Raheem Sterling for this summer's Euros.
England head coach Roy Hodgson said in November that Southgate would have priority when picking his squad for the tournament in June.
But Southgate said: "Realistically, Raheem has become a very important player for the senior team and for Liverpool. There is a huge demand on him. Part of my role is looking at the development of individuals and I'm not convinced another tournament in the summer would be right for him.
"If he plays another 20 or 30 games before the end of the season, I really can't see him coming. God forbid, if something was to happen and the dynamic changed, in that he needed games, of course you would look at it.
"But he has been to the Under 17s World Cup in Mexico and a World Cup last year in Brazil. He's had tournament experience.
"Of course he is a super player and, from a selfish point of view, it would be easy to try and grab all of those. But we have to look at the bigger picture."