16-year-old Bali Mumba will travel to Fulham on Friday after being named in Sunderland’s senior squad for the first time.
Luke Molyneux and Elliot Embleton have also been included in the group heading to Craven Cottage, with the trio selected following their recent performances for the under-23s.
Embleton made his debut earlier in the season at Wolves with Molyneux recovering from a period in the treatment to score five goals in his last six games, but it’s new territory entirely for Mumba who only made the step up to under-23 level in February.
And to top it all off, Chris Coleman revealed the first-team call has got him out of double biology in the process.
“It’s the first time for Bali,” said the Welshman. “He’s happy, I think we’ve got him out of double biology today!
“There will be one or two younger boys in the squad with us because we have got one or two missing, and one or two doubts.”
He continued: “Bali is travelling with us, Luke Molyneux, Elliot Embleton.
“We’ve lost one or two to injury and it will be good experience for them.
“Ethan Robson will be with us but he has been in and out of course.”