Trai Hume was surprised when he was called up to the Northern Ireland squad for the first time, and mentioned his parents' pride when he told them the great news.
NOT EXPECTED
“It wasn’t something that I was expecting this soon. I thought if I came here (Sunderland) and got a run of games then I might have got it but I’ve only played a couple so I wasn’t really expecting it."
U21s
“I thought I did quite well whenever I did play for the Under-21’s but to be honest, I didn’t think it was this close."
PARENTS
“Ringing my mum and dad and telling them, they were actually more excited than me. I’m a chilled person, I don’t get excited over too many things but they were over the moon."
PHONE CALL
“I woke up on a Sunday morning and I came into the training ground after being in on the Saturday and I saw a number come up on my phone. I was thinking ‘who was that?’ I answered it and Ian (Baraclough) said it was him and it was like ‘what’s he ringing me for?’ Then he gave me the news and I didn’t really know what to say. I must have said thank you about five or six times.”
