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Rashford, Lingard called to England squad

Manchester United forwards Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard have been recalled by England's new interim manager Gareth Southgate.

Southgate was handed the reins for the next four games after Sam Allardyce's contract was terminated just one game into his tenure and named his first squad on Sunday night.

The Red Devils pair were the eye-catching names, having fought their way into Jose Mourinho's starting XI at Old Trafford, while Stoke's Glen Johnson, Southampton's Ryan Bertrand and Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain also returned for the matches at home to Malta and away to Slovenia.

Rashford was a surprise omission from Allardyce's first squad in August, dropping down to Southgate's Under-21s and scoring a brilliant hat trick against Norway. Having been left out of the Young Lions group earlier this week by Aidy Boothroyd, his promotion seemed inevitable and Southgate duly brought him in to replace injured striker Harry Kane.

Lingard has also been a lively performer for United and, although he has yet to win his first senior cap, he is not an entirely new face having been called up by Roy Hodgson for a 2015 friendly against France.