King's side will meet England C at Eamonn Deacy Park on Monday, June 1 (3.00pm) then the Irish will meet an England U21 select in a restricted entry fixture at St George's Park on Friday, June 5 (3.00pm).

Ireland U21s began their qualifying campaign for the 2017 UEFA U21 Championships with a 1-0 win in Group 2 over Andorra in Waterford in March thanks to a Dylan Connolly goal. Their next competitive game is away to Andorra in September.

"These two fixtures will be excellent tests for us. Both the England teams will be older than our players so that in itself will present a test," said King.

"We have started our campaign with three points and will look to add another three points when we got to Andorra in September so this week coming up will give us a very good opportunity to work with the players.

"Coming together at this time of the year is not something we've done before so the aim is to be as well prepared as possible for the September fixtures."

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U21 SQUAD:

Daniel Rogers (Aberdeen FC)

Eric Grimes (Leeds United FC)

Liam Bossin (RSC Anderlecht)

Jack Connors (Dagenham & Redbridge FC)

Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers FC)

Sean Kavanagh (Fulham FC)

Shane Griffin (Reading FC)

Glen Rea (Brighton & Hove Albion FC)

Kenneth McEvoy (Tottenham Hotspur FC)

Alan Browne (Preston North End FC)

Shamir Goodwin (Brighton & Hove Albion FC)

Pierce Sweeney (Reading FC)

Callum O’Dowda (Oxford United FC)

Sean Long (Reading FC)

Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers FC)

Jack Byrne (Manchester City FC)

Kyle Callan-McFadden (Norwich City FC)

Bradley Garmston (West Bromwich Albion FC)

Sean Maguire (West Ham United FC)

Lee Desmond (St Patrick’s Athletic FC)

John Kavanagh (Cork City FC)

Sean Hoare (St Patrick’s Athletic FC)

FIXTURES

Monday, June 1

International Friendly

Republic of Ireland U21s v England C, Eamonn Deacy Park, Galway (3.00pm)

Friday, June 5

Training Game

England U21s v Republic of Ireland U21s, St George's Park, Burton (3.00pm)