SAINTS duo James Ward-Prowse and Nathan Redmond have been handed surprise England senior call-ups.

Ward-Prowse and Redmond have both been trusted servants under Gareth Southgate at England Under-21s level, and have now been given places in his first squad as full Three Lions boss.

It is the first time either have been picked for the senior national side, but are both vastly experienced at age group level.

The pair join fellow Saints men Ryan Bertrand and Fraser Forster in the England team.

Southgate's side play Germany in Dortmund next Wednesday in a friendly before facing Lithuania at Wembley on Sunday 26 March in a World Cup qualifier.

Redmond and Ward-Prowse have been in impressive form of late, helping Saints to back-to-back Premier League wins.

Former Norwich man Redmond netted a brace in the 4-3 win at Watford last time out in the Premier League.

Both will make their senior debuts if they appear in the coming games.

In total SIX Saints players have been included in England squads today after Sam McQueen was handed a place in the under-21s team for the first time.

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Ward-Prowse admitted in today's Daily Echo that it would be "perfect" to be selected by Southgate, who gave him his under-21s debut back in 2013.

ENGLAND SQUAD: Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (Torino, on loan from Man City), Tom Heaton (Burnley); Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Michael Keane (Burnley), Luke Shaw (Man Utd), Chris Smalling (Man Utd), John Stones (Man City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham); Dele Alli (Tottenham), Michail Antonio (West Ham) 

Ross Barkley (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Man Utd), Jake Livermore (West Brom), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Nathan Redmond (Southampton), Raheem Sterling (Man City), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton); Jermain Defoe (Sunderland), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Jamie Vardy (Leicester).