Millar plays role in Jones' call-up

FORMER Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch has revealed how Hull City star Liam Millar played matchmaker to help get former Tigers teammate Alfie Jones a shock call-up to the Canada Men's National Team.

- By BARRY COOPER

City's Liam Millar played a role in getting Alfie Jones a Canadian call-up

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Jones, who left City in the summer after five years to join Middlesbrough, was still with the Tigers when he first started the process of applying for Canadian citizenship, having qualified through one of his grandparents and met Marsch at Cottingham earlier this year.

The defender is expected to take his citizenship oath when he arrives in Toronto for friendlies with Ecuador and Venezuela, though he won't be joined by Millar, who has remained in East Yorkshire to continue his recovery from a hamstring injury.

"Honestly, how it started was last September, we were in a warm-up in Kansas City, and Liam Millar said to me, 'You know, there's a player on Hull City that is Canadian,' Marsch told One Soccer.