Alex McCarthy called up to latest England squad.

After many impressive performances over the last few weeks for Reading, Alex McCarthy has finally been called up to the England setup. Since his return from injury against Liverpool in mid-April McCarthy has performed at a England level standard and has kept Reading in many of their post-relegation matches. McCarthy has previously featured in the England U21 setup making 3 appearances for Stuart Pearce's side. McCarthy is the first Reading player to come through the youth ranks to be called up by England and youth coach Eamonn Dolan was more than delighted with the call up, he had this to say on the matter :-

McCarthy for England U21's

"For Alex to make the England squad and hopefully get a cap will be thrilling for him, Credit goes to Sal Bibbo, Colin Barnes, Steve Smith and Alex's father and many others who have worked with him and helped shape him into the fine player he is, they will all be delighted"

 

Many of Alex's Reading team-mates have congratulated McCarthy over his call-up on Twitter with Adam Le Fondre, Hal Robson-Kanu and Noel Hunt all showing their congratulations.

With the call-up their are likely to be many Premiership teams interested in the 23 year old but Adkins has stated that it would have to be a big amount of money to move McCarthy     away from the Royals who seems very reluctant to sell the goalkeeper.