Pair Receive U21 Calls

Rodwell and Barkley called up for Under-21 action next month.

Jack Rodwell and Ross Barkley have been named in the England Under-21 squad for a qualifying double-header next month.

Stuart Pearce's side face away games in Iceland (6 October) and Norway (11 October) as they aim to qualify for the 2013 European Championships.

Rodwell is an Under-21s mainstay and captained the side in a friendly against Israel earlier this season.

Barkley earned his first cap at this level in that game and could make a competitive bow this time around.

England won their first qualifier of this campaign 6-0 against Azerbaijan.

Squad: Ben Amos (Manchester United), Jack Butland (Cheltenham Town - on loan from Birmingham), Declan Rudd (Norwich City); Nathan Baker (Aston Villa), Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough), Ryan Bennett (Peterborough United), Matthew Briggs (Fulham), Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Martin Kelly (Liverpool), Adam Smith (MK Dons - on loan from Tottenham Hotspur), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur); Ross Barkley (Everton), Gary Gardner (Aston Villa), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Henri Lansbury (West Ham United - on loan from Arsenal), Jason Lowe (Blackburn Rovers), Josh McEachran (Chelsea), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool); Nathan Delfouneso (Aston Villa), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), Marvin Sordell (Watford), Martyn Waghorn (Hull City - on loan from Leicester City), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Connor Wickham (Sunderland)