Irish Daily Mirror

WILSON’S SPURRED ON BY THREE LIONS SNUB

- BY ADRIAN KAJUMBA

CALLUM WILSON says being overlooked by England is fuelling his determinat­ion to keep trying to catch Gareth Southgate’s eye.

No Englishman has contribute­d to more goals this season than Bournemout­h striker Wilson, who has six goals and four assists. He was in contention for a first Three Lions call up after an impressive start to his debut campaign in 2015 but a knee injury wrecked his hopes.

His form this season reignited calls for the 26-year-old to be selected and he said: “I’m going to focus on

Bournemout­h and if the call comes, then it does, and if it doesn’t then I’ll keep working hard like I have been.

“We’ve had a few internatio­nal breaks and I haven’t made the cut. That’s given me more drive and determinat­ion to make the squad and, hopefully, one day it will happen.

“All I can do is keep getting assists and goals and try to be consistent.”

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