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Eberechi Eze 'not thinking' about England but keen to 'perform at the big tournaments' after making preliminary squad for Qatar... as Crystal Palace star opens up on early rejections and how he spent his World Cup break

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As England gear up for a World Cup quarter-final with France this weekend, Crystal Palace winger Eberechi Eze will be one of many young England players hoping to work their way into the team by the time of the next major tournament.

The exciting Crystal Palace winger has been within a whisker of making the England team - included in Gareth Southgate's preliminary squad for the World Cup and last year's European championships - though is still yet to make his senior debut,

Arguably he would have received his first cap by now if it wasn't for an Achilles injury which kept him out for six months, and as expected from an injury as serious as that, it took some time for him to work his way back to full fitness following his comeback in November last year.