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Callum Wilson Reveals Inspiration for Quitting Non-League Football and Earning England Call-Up

Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson has insisted that 'hunger and desire' helped inspire him to leave non-league football and set him on course to earning a first ever call-up to the England senior squad.

Wilson also spoke of several sacrifices he was forced to make in order to get to this stage of his career, including his absence at the birth of his second child during the rehabilitation of his second knee injury (which took place with specialist Bill Knowles in the USA).

"When I had my second injury, he [Knowles] was the guy I went to to get me back into the running phase.