{"id":41708,"date":"2025-03-21T13:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=41708"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:03:14","slug":"myles-lewis-skelly-phone-call-first-england-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/myles-lewis-skelly-phone-call-first-england-call-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Lewis-Skelly Reveals Hilarious Phone Call Blunder After He Mistook Uber Eats For England Boss Thomas Tuchel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Myles Lewis-Skelly hilariously jumped the gun when waiting to hear news of whether he would receive his first England call-up after mistaking an Uber Eats driver for Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The teenager was rewarded for his excellent Arsenal form by being included in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/thomas-tuchel\">Tuchel&#8217;s<\/a> first England squad.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to receive his first cap in England&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/world-cup\">World Cup<\/a> qualifier against Albania on Friday night. The Three Lions will then host Latvia on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>His chances to make the squad had been boosted by injuries to the likes of Newcastle star Lewis Hall.<\/p>\n<p>However, he faced a nervous wait to find out whether he had received his first England call-up.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old has lifted the lid on the moments before he was told he had made Tuchel&#8217;s first Three Lions squad.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"&quot;Look At The Barnet and The Teeth&quot; Lewis-Skelly\u2019s Prank Call, Ultimate 5-A-Side &amp; Dan Burn\u2019s Height!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7fDPK9pD98Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Myles Lewis-Skelly Mistook Uber Driver For England Manager<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal star Myles Lewis-Skelly has told the story of how he mistook an Uber Eats driver for England boss Thomas Tuchel while waiting to hear about his first call-up.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager appeared in a video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7fDPK9pD98Y\">England&#8217;s official YouTube channel<\/a> alongside Arsenal teammate Declan Rice and Newcastle&#8217;s Dan Burn &#8211; who has also received his first Three Lions call-up.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: &#8220;<em>I was on the phone with my friend the day before the big announcement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Then I got a call from a number so I was like, &#8216;Oh bro, I&#8217;ve got to call you back. Let me take this call&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;So I hung up with my friend and put on my good voice. I was getting ready and then the person that speaks says &#8216;we&#8217;ve got your food, it&#8217;s outside&#8217;. It&#8217;s Uber Eats for my mum.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lewis-Skelly revealed that he hadn&#8217;t spoke to Tuchel about his first England call-up before it was announced. Rice indicated that Lewis-Skelly would have been told by Arsenal before the announcement came out.<\/p>\n<p>Should he play on Friday night, he would become England&#8217;s 11th youngest debutant.<\/p>\n<p>Theo Walcott is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/the-10-youngest-players-to-represent-england\/\">youngest player to make their England debut,<\/a> with the likes of Wayne Rooney, Jude Bellingham and Michael Owen in the top 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myles Lewis-Skelly hilariously jumped the gun when waiting to hear news of whether he would receive his first England call-up after mistaking an Uber Eats driver for Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel. The teenager was rewarded for his excellent Arsenal form by being included in Tuchel&#8217;s first England squad. 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