Everton duo Michael Keane and Jordan Pickford are in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for next month’s Nations League matches in Iceland and Denmark.

Centre-back Keane is recalled by manager Southgate after a succession of excellent performances when the 2019/20 Premier League season resumed in June following the coronavirus shutdown.

He has 10 England caps following a debut in March 2017 and most recently played for his country against Czech Republic in October last year.

Keane, 27, has become a mainstay of Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton defence and played every minute of his side’s final 11 games last term.

Pickford was part of the England team which reached the 2019 Nations League semi-finals and will be bidding to add to his 24 caps in September’s Scandinavian double header.

The 26-year-old has claimed his entire senior international honours haul since joining Everton from boyhood club Sunderland in summer 2017.

Pickford has been a Premier League ever present in the past three seasons, with Keane, who joined Everton 18 days after the goalkeeper, making 94 top-flight appearances for the Club.

England kick off their Nations League campaign against Iceland in Reykjavic on Saturday 5 September.

Southgate’s team then travel to Copenhagen to play Denmark three days later on Tuesday 8 September.