BOLTON midfield star Kevin Nolan is racing for fitness after an overdue call-up into the England U21 squad.

Manager David Platt has included him for the European Championship qualifiers in Slovakia on Friday and against Macedonia at Reading a week tomorrow.

Nolan, who manager Sam Allardyce felt should have been in the squad last year, is under treatment for a reaction to a groin tear after returning to the side at Middlesbrough on Saturday.