Taylor Harwood-Bellis responds after risking upsetting future father-in-law Roy Keane

England defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis, who is engaged to Roy Keane's girl Leah, scored against Ireland successful the UEFA Nations League connected his elder planetary debut

England defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis spoke of reaching the pinnacle of shot with his imagination England debut - adjacent if it mightiness person upset his aboriginal father-in-law Roy Keane.

The Southampton centre-back is engaged to Leah, the girl of the erstwhile Ireland and Manchester United midfielder. As Harwood-Bellis made his elder England debut against Ireland, Keane happened to beryllium successful the ITV workplace connected punditry duty.

Harwood-Bellis came disconnected the seat to people England's 5th extremity successful a 5-0 victory, rising highest to conscionable a transverse from Jude Bellingham. He was 1 of 4 players to unfastened their relationship for the Three Lions arsenic Lee Carsley's farewell lucifer brought a 5-0 triumph and promotion successful the UEFA Nations League.

After praising the extremity arsenic a "bittersweet" moment, Keane joked that "It's not done and dusted yet!" arsenic notation was made to Harwood-Bellis' engagement. When the erstwhile Manchester City defender was asked astir his debut, though, the on-field achievements took centre-stage.

"‘It is simply a large time for maine and my family," Harwood-Bellis said. "It's each young kid's imagination to marque their debut, and to people the extremity is magical. I had a fewer hints yesterday that I would beryllium needed astatine immoderate point, erstwhile I got the motion to travel connected I was implicit the moon.

"There's ever a pathway and america young ones, we bash judge we tin get into the seniors. We cognize the doorway is unfastened if we instrumentality our chances, I've got to convey Lee [Carsley] for calling maine up and I person repaid him with a bully goal.

"Playing for my state astatine each level is thing I instrumentality specified pridefulness in. To play for the seniors is thing you imagination of, it is the pinnacle of football, to bash it and people is immoderate feeling."

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After a goalless archetypal fractional astatine Wembley, the crippled turned successful England's favour erstwhile Ireland defender Liam Scales conceded a punishment and picked up a 2nd yellowish card. Harry Kane scored from the spot, with Anthony Gordon, Conor Gallagher and Jarrod Bowen each uncovering the nett earlier Harwood-Bellis rounded disconnected the scoring.

England won 5 retired of six UEFA Nations League matches nether interim brag Carsley, who took implicit from Gareth Southgate soon aft Euro 2024. He volition present manus implicit the reins to caller imperishable brag Thomas Tuchel having handed retired debuts to a fig of stars of his Under-21 Euros-winning squad... including Harwood-Bellis.

“Our occupation is to assistance [Tuchel] arsenic overmuch arsenic we can," Carsley said aft the triumph implicit Ireland. "I'll look guardant to gathering him successful the adjacent fewer weeks. He's an elite coach.

"The situation present for the players is to beryllium successful the March squad, and a batch of them person enhanced their reputation. I'm arrogant for a batch of them. I wanted the England squad to beryllium breathtaking to ticker and beryllium attacking. And present we've seen it."

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