Danny Rose has revealed he was surprised to be considered for England’s Euro 2016 squad despite being a regular in a title-chasing team.

The Tottenham left-back was one of 40 players chosen by Roy Hodgson for a get-together last month and he is in contention for a place in the final 23-man group for the tournament in France after producing fine form since the autumn.

Rose has yet to win a full cap for England, even though he played 29 times for the Under-21s and has been included in senior squads before. The 25-year-old was also sounded out by Jamaica for last year’s Copa America, as he would qualify for them through a grandfather, but decided to focus on England.

Rose was summoned to England’s St George’s Park base in the Midlands last month and admitted: “That was a big shock for me. Maybe for other players it might just have been a routine meeting, but for me it was a lot more.

“It shows that, even if it’s only in a small way, I am in the plans. It was a big bonus for me being included in that meeting and hopefully I can keep playing well until the next time the squad meet up later this month.”

England face friendlies against Germany and Holland on March 26 and March 29 respectively and good performances in those games will boost players’ chances of making the cut for the summer.

Rose is expected to be available for them despite leaving the field in the closing stages of last weekend’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal due to a calf problem. The damage is not thought to be serious, though, and Rose could even be ready for Spurs’ next Premier League fixture, at Aston Villa on Sunday.

Yet Rose has revealed that he came close to missing the call from the FA to let him know he was in Hodgson’s thoughts. He explained: “I changed my phone number last year, so the other Spurs players were talking about the England meeting and I didn’t know anything about it.

“The day before the meeting, the people from the FA texted me to ask: ‘Are you coming to the meeting?’ I replied: ‘What meeting’. But I was delighted to be included and I think I can take from it that I’m in the plans a little bit.

“I’m 25 now but I’ve still not made a senior appearance for my country and that’s the aim for every player, I think.”

Even if he did recover, Rose would be unlikely to play in Thursday’s Europa League clash with Borussia Dortmund.

Spurs head coach Mauricio Pochettino has rotated his four full-backs throughout the season, meaning it is rare for one of them to play twice in a short space of time.

Ben Davies is, therefore, likely to start the first leg of the last-16 tie in Germany, with Rose – if he is fit – returning at Villa Park.

Rose has claimed that the competition from Davies has helped him improve and he added: “I’ve got no problems with that. I’ve said before there will be games when the gaffer thinks Ben will be able to do better than I can and vice-versa.”