Keinan Davis’s Udinese surge lights up Serie A, England chat on hold | OneFootball

Keinan Davis is enjoying a breakout campaign for Udinese, with 10 Serie A goals and three assists. After two stop-start years, he has made 28 appearances this season, 25 of them starts. His 2025-26 numbers outstrip Tottenham’s Dominic Solanke and match Leeds’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin among Thomas Tuchel’s 35-man England squad.

"I think you're being a bit outlandish," he chuckles, speaking to The Athletic. "It’s nice to see people say that about you, because you would never have thought your name would be in any discussions, but I think the focus is on the Premier League."

The 28-year-old has three goals in Udinese’s four March fixtures, including a stoppage-time strike in a 2-0 win at Genoa four days before the international break. That run earned him a player of the month nomination.

"If you’re a striker and scoring, they’ll say ‘Bomber’," he says. "Everyone around the training ground will say in the morning, ‘Hi, Bomber’. It feels great."

"I was injured all the time in my first two seasons here," he says. "So last summer, I went to Ibiza with one of the trainers, Jordi, and all we did was leg work, running and leg strength. I haven’t done any upper body the whole season."

"Then, at the beginning of the season, during a meeting, the head coach said, ‘Keinan is my number-one striker’," Davis recalls. "I was like, ‘F***ing hell!’. I knew I had to prove him right."

Davis has a year left on his contract and talks over an extension have yet to start. "I feel strong; I feel I can compete and battle up against anyone in this league," he says. If he keeps this up, an England call-up may not seem quite so outlandish.

Source: NY Times