Best birthday ever: Maitland-Niles receives 1st England call-up after impressing vs Liverpool

Ainsley Maitland-Niles perhaps thought August 29, 2020 was his best birthday ever and it could not get better. Yet it could and it did.

The midfielder has been called up to the England national team, Arsenal have confirmed via the club's official website.

This certainly comes as a surprise as this is the first time the versatile player, who has primarily featured as a left wing-back under Mikel Arteta, gets noticed by Three Lions.

The Anglo-Jamaican inspired Arsenal to the Community Shield victory with a Man of the Match display on the left and a beautifully relaxed goal in the penalty shootout.

Ains celebrates his 23rd birthday today, on August 29, and this perhaps is one of the best days in his life.