Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa is full of pride winning a first England cap.

Konsa admits he was fortunate to emerge from tough neighbourhood.

"One kid who left us was murdered," he told the Athletic in 2020. "Two others have been sent down for murder, another one for rape. It's the inner-city. Kids are easily influenced and can turn bad.

"We had another young player and his mum and dad were both drug addicts. He was on the verge of joining a gang and we were warned. A fortnight later, he had an argument in training and soon after he turned up with about 30 of his mates who all chased the other kids around the park with knives and baseball bats.

"It can happen, but the ones who are disciplined and come from good families carry that on and are OK."

"My area was rough. Proper rough," Konsa himself said. "You heard a lot about kids getting stabbed and things like that so football helped me, 100 per cent."