Manchester United defender Jonny Evans is eager to help Northern Ireland reach the '26 World Cup.
Evans is off contract at United at the end of this month.
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"The performance levels in training, you can see it," he said of Northern Ireland's young players.
"Maybe that comes from a little bit of confidence and a little bit of belief that they belong at this level. The last three results have probably given them that.
"We're probably in a similar position as a team when you look back to before we qualified for the Euros in 2016.
"We had to earn that confidence and that belief. You get there by hard work, you earn it along the way through results in games and playing well."