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West Brom boss Irvine: Berahino England call all positive

West Bromwich Albion boss Alan Irvine says there's no negatives from Saido Berahino's England experience.

Berahino failed to make his debut for England during the past week.

Asked whether Berahino's call-up will help convince the player his international ambitions can be achieved at a so-called smaller club and ultimately keep him at The Hawthorns, Irvine said: "I am not sure if it strengthens it or not but it is certainly fantastic for the club and the lad.

"It is great for him to be recognised in this way, he needs to learn from the experience and become better.

"I cannot see any negatives at all about him going away and being a part of it - and that includes him not playing.

"He has had a couple of weeks of working with those players and living with those players and he would be missing an opportunity if he didn't take an awful lot from that."

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