England boss Sarina Wiegman is happy to have Leah Williamson back in her squad.
Williamson has been named in a 23-player group for friendlies towards Austria and Italy in Spain later this month.
It marks a primary return to the Lionnesses’ camp for the 26-year-old since she suffered an ACL damage final April, which dominated her out of final summer time’s World Cup.
Wiegman mentioned: “It is very nice, particularly for her, she is back, she is gaining minutes at Arsenal, doing properly, she is happy at Arsenal and they’re in fact happy too.
“It is very nice to have her back as a result of she is an excellent participant, although she has been out for months, now she has come back her decision-making continues to be actually good.
“She is still building. The team picked up very well, players stepped up but it is still really nice to have her back.”
Williamson captained her nation to Euro 2022 success, however Wiegman didn’t say whether or not she’s going to nonetheless have the armband.
“I have to talk to the players first about that,” she mentioned.
“We come in and we have to start again, we will revisit that and have a conversation with the players first.”
There was no room in the squad for in-form Manchester United ahead Nikita Parris, who has been neglected regardless of scoring 15 objectives in the final 16 matches for her membership.
Wiegman spoke to the 29-year-old to clarify her choice however says she has powerful decisions to make.
“The competition up front is really high, in the autumn she didn’t play much,” Wiegman mentioned. “Since the brand new 12 months she has performed in the 9 place and has finished rather well, in fact we have seen that too.
“We have had a bit of chat and I hope she exhibits consistency as a result of we’re speaking about her once more however I made another decisions now for this camp.
“With the gamers we have, they have finished properly so it was a tough choice.
“I had conversations along with her in the autumn, that was a unique state of affairs. I had a brief dialog along with her yesterday and I defined a bit of bit and that’s now simply the way in which it’s.
“We have many players up front, it is so competitive that I have to make choices and some players who are doing really well will be kept out. She is available and she knows we are watching her closely.”
The Lionesses tackle Austria on February 23 and Italy 4 days later.
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