Samuelsen gets the nod

  • by Staff Writer
  • Wednesday, 25th May 2016

Martin Samuelsen has been called up for the full Norway squad to face Portugal in a friendly.

West Ham United's exciting young attacking midfielder has been called up for the first time and could make his full debut against the Portuguese on Sunday afternoon.

Although he made just two appearances for Slaven Bilic's first team - both in the qualifying stages of the Europea League last summer - the 19-year-old was a huge success on loan at League One Peterborough, for whom he featured on 20 occasions between November and April.




Samuelsen is just one of several potential debutants included in Per-Mathias Høgmo's new-look squad. Hibs defender Niklas Gunnarsson is also poised to make his first start, as the likes of Veton Berisha (Greuther Fürth) and Iver Fossum (Hannover).

The Norwegians also face Iceland on June 1 and Belgium on June 5. They failed to qualify for this summer's European Championships after losing a two-legged play-off against Hungary 3-1 on aggregate.

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