Johnstone delighted Crystal Palace move rewarded by England call

Sam Johnstone is delighted his move to Crystal Palace has been rewarded by an England call.

Johnstone joined Palace last season from West Brom.

He told Palace's match programme: It's always an aim. It was an unbelievable feeling and, to be honest, I always said to myself I need to be in the Premier League to have a chance of going with England. I'd missed out on a few occasions.

It shows that if you're doing well and you're good there's a chance to be called up into the squad. Conor Gallagher while he was here gets into the squad along with the other two [Marc Guhi and Tyrick Mitchell] and that's great for them and Crystal Palace.

It means everyone knows if they do well they have a chance of being called up into the England squad. That's a great thing, a great thing the manager has put out there because lads are hungry then to get called-up, do well for the club, benefit the club and then go with England.

I was going down the long road to St George's nervous. I knew everyone, the majority of the staff I knew, majority of the players I knew. It's just that quality, the best players with England that you're going to train with. I knew I would have to be on my game.

Adrenaline takes you through that and I just needed the first one or two sessions out of the way to be in and fine. But everyone welcomed me and was great. It was brilliant and such a high standard to train with."