Wolves striker set sights on England U-21s

The £2m January signing from Arsenal is 22, but is eligible as he was within the age limit when qualifying for the tournament began.

He's already scored three times in six Championship games since his arrival at Molineux.

That has taken his tally to 22 in all competitions this season, taking into account the 18 he netted at Milton Keynes Dons earlier in the campaign. And Afobe admitted he's playing with club and country ambitions in mind, having long surpassed his personal goal expectations for 2014-15.

He said: "It was a good first half to the season for me at MK Dons. I scored a lot of goals, they won a lot of games and we played some good football.

"At the beginning of the season, if you had said to me I would score 15 goals I probably would have took that. Afobe has been capped by England up to under-19 level, with a groin injury curtailing an under-21 call up last August to replace Danny Welbeck.

Welbeck is now established in the senior side with under-21 first choices of West Brom's Saido Berahino, Tottenham hot-shot Harry Kane and Burnley ace Danny Ings looking to follow suit.

They are in pole position to go to June's Euros in the Czech Republic, but could get the call to go with the national side for a friendly in Ireland and a European Championship qualifier in Slovenia.

Afobe said: "I feel like it's been stop-start with the England groups, but it's been a good season for me and there's an Under-21 European Championship in the summer.

"There's a lot of good strikers in that England squad.

"Harry Kane, Saido Berahino and Callum Wilson are all doing great things for their clubs and it's nice to see.

"That's a position where the senior team have been lacking, but now you are seeing young players scoring goals in the Championship and the Premier League.

"With the way the boys are evolving, there might be spaces available."