The midfielder, who had his first City start in the 3-0 defeat against Blackpool after a substitute appearance against Swansea, has been called up into the England U21 squad for the European U21 Championship Qualifying games against Macedonia and Greece.
England play Macedonia at 2.30pm at Goce Delcev on Friday before moving to Asteras Tripolis, Tripoli Arkadia to play Greece on Tuesday September 8th.
James Vaughan and Micah Richards are out of the matches due to injury.