Lioness Katie ready to roar

ON the ball . . . Katie Zelem

England Under-17s call for Blue Coat midfield star
Failsworth’s Katie Zelem is aiming to be among the country’s next Olympic football hopefuls.

Katie (16) — a member of the Manchester United Foundation’s Girls’ Centre of Excellence from the age of eight — has been picked to join an England Under-17s training camp.

The midfielder will spend four days in Loughborough where the squad will prepare for future UEFA tournaments.

The camp culminates with an inter-squad match.

The Blue Coat schoolgirl is keeping football in the family: her dad Alan was a goalkeeper for Macclesfield Town and her uncle Peter played at centre-back for Wolverhampton Wonderers, Burnley and Preston.

Her cousin Ross plays cricket for Lancashire and football for Oldham Schools.

Katie said: “I’ve been privileged to play for England before and I’m really excited to be selected.”

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