FILE PHOTO - Soccer Football - Championship - Aston Villa v Middlesbrough - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - March 16, 2019 Aston Villa's Jack Grealish celebrates at the end of the match Action Images/Alan Walter
(Reuters) - England manager Gareth Southgate said Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish, who plays in the second-tier Championship, needs to prove himself in the Premier League to make his senior national team debut.
Grealish, 23, switched allegiance from Ireland to England in 2015 and played seven times for the England Under-21s. But he has now seen younger players such as Declan Rice, 20, and 18-year-old Callum Hudson-Odoi given England debuts ahead of him.
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