Manchester City is ready for conversations with the football club about the availability of James McATee this summer in the midst of a collision of tournaments.
Mcatee is eligible in the European championship among 21, but the defense of England of their crown coincides with the club World Cup in the United States.
Mail Sport understands that Lee Carsley will hold discussions with City Chiefs in the coming weeks to see if he can call the attacking midfielder.
For the past two years, McATee has been integrally under 21, scored seven goals in 18 performances and blooms next to Liam Delap and Morgan Rogers.
England wants to have the 22-year-old available when they travel to Slovakia for the tournament and start on 12 June against the Czech Republic.
That is the same week as City flies to Miami for a camp for their defense of the world title in the renewed size of 32 teams spread over a month.
Clubs have the power over whether players are released to national teams at age group level.
McATEE said last month that he believes that Pep Guardiola will consider his opinion, although he admitted that he had not decided how he would prefer to represent.
McATee's stock in City Rose In the weekend after scoring his full Premier League debut for the club in the 5-2 victory over Crystal Palace.
The Academy graduated only has a year on its contract and is interested in Bayer Leverkusen and Nottingham Forest prior to the summer transfer window.
So far, McATee has seven goals in 24 performances this season with a goal every 116 minutes.
In the meantime, City paid £ 52 million in agent costs in the year until 3 February with seven transfers and a new nine-year contract for Erling Haaland.
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