NI call-up for Manchester United’s Paddy McNair

It’s the 19-year-old’s first call-up to the senior international panel and it comes a little over a month since he made his Premier League debut.

The teenager will travel to Bucharest aiming to help Michael O’Neill’s men build on their flying start to the campaign.

He is joined in the 25-man panel by fellow Newtownabbey natives Craig Cathcart (Watford FC) and Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers).

Northern Ireland’s game with Romania takes place on Friday, November 14 (7:45pm kick-off).

Northern Ireland squad

Goalkeepers: R. Carroll (Notts County), A. Mannus (St Johnstone), M. McGovern (Hamilton Academical).

Defenders: A. Hughes (Brighton), C. Baird (West Brom), G. McAuley (West Brom), R. McGivern (Port Vale), C. Cathcart (Watford), C. McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town), L. McCullough (Doncaster Rovers), R. McLaughlin (Liverpool), P. McNair (Manchester United).

Midfielders: S. Davis (Southampton), C. Brunt (West Brom), S. Clingan (Kilmarnock), C. Evans (Blackburn Rovers), O. Norwood (Reading), B. Reeves (MK Dons), P. McCourt (Brighton), N. McGinn (Aberdeen).

Strikers: K. Lafferty (Norwich City), J. Ward (Derby County), J. Magennis (Kilmarnock), B. McKay (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), W. Grigg (MK Dons).

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