Lionesses trio return in fitness boost for Euros

Stanway, Greenwood and Hemp back in England squad for Nations League matches

- Tom Garry

The England trio of Lauren Hemp, Alex Greenwood and Georgia Stanway have returned to Sarina Wiegman's squad after lengthy knee injuries, for their upcoming Nations League meetings with Portugal and Spain, in a major boost to the Lionesses' hopes at the European Championship this summer.

The Bayern Munich midfielder Stanway is yet to play in this calendar year and Wiegman said England will get her up to full match fitness carefully, stating: "We still need to build. Georgia is in training. What we hope is that she comes into camp and continues building with us and, hopefully, towards the Euros.

"It's important that she's healthy, that she can handle training loads and recover from it, and then perform at that level. We have the time to see that [before the European Championship]. Hopefully we can build and see where she's at. She needs to be performing at the highest level, at her highest level, to compete for a position, as with anyone else."

Hemp, Greenwood and Stanway sustained their injuries in November, December and January respectively. Hemp and Greenwood returned to action for Manchester City last month but Stanway is yet to play competitively since her treatment began.