{"id":2723,"date":"2026-11-11T21:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2026-11-11T21:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:07:38","slug":"fulham-starlet-joshua-king-earns-maiden-england-senior-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/fulham-starlet-joshua-king-earns-maiden-england-senior-call-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulham starlet Joshua King earns maiden England senior call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-4.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-4-767x432.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19-year-old Fulham midfielder Joshua King receives his maiden call-up to the senior England squad ahead of Thursday&#8217;s UEFA Nations League clash against Croatia with England manager Thomas Tuchel citing his versatility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 19-year-old Fulham midfielder has received his first call-up to the senior England national team ahead of the UEFA Nations League match against Croatia on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King has played in England&#8217;s junior teams since the age of 15, captained the under-16 squad in an international fixture against Italy in August 2022 and his upcoming debutant appearance for the senior team marks a major milestone in his international career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being subbed off in a recent Premier League fixture against Newcastle, King affirmed that it was &#8220;more precautionary&#8221; on account of a groin issue and confirmed his fitness conditions are now up to standard during an interview with Sky Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also asserted: &#8220;I think I&#8217;m capable of playing lots of different positions which is probably part of the reason why I&#8217;m here.&#8221;, and expressed his sincere gratitude towards head coach Thomas Tuchel for the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBC Sports reports confirmed that the midfielder, as suspected, has been largely valued for his &#8220;versatile&#8221; nature with Thomas Tuchel commenting: &#8220;He is just a fantastic character. He gives us a bit of flexibility.&#8221;, as well as referring to him as an &#8220;exciting&#8221; and &#8220;versatile&#8221; player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>19-year-old Fulham midfielder Joshua King receives his  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2725,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions\/2725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}