Jones gets first England call

Manchester United defender Phil Jones has received his first call-up to the England senior squad ahead of the Euro 2012 qualifiers with Bulgaria and Wales.

The 19-year-old, who starred in Sunday's 8-2 annihilation of Arsenal at Old Trafford, was part of Fabio Capello's provisional squad for the friendly with Holland that was postponed earlier this month, but did not make the final cut.

However, along with fellow Red Devils youngsters Chris Smalling and Tom Cleverley, Jones has made it this time, helped by the absence of Rio Ferdinand, who has not played since injuring his hamstring at West Brom a fortnight ago.

Jones is part of a five-strong United presence, which would almost certainly have been bigger still had Danny Welbeck not been ruled out by a hamstring injury he suffered after opening the scoring in Sunday's game.

Club-mates Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young, who contributed five of United's staggering tally of goals on Sunday afternoon, were also selected.