Bournemouth defender James Hill earned his first England call-up Tuesday as cover for Ezri Konsa, who will miss Thursday's Nations League match against Croatia at Wembley.

The 24-year-old uncapped centre-back joins Thomas Tuchel's squad after Newcastle's Dan Burn replaced the injured Marc Guehi, making Hill the second centre-back brought in late. England will be missing their first-choice centre-back partnership against Croatia, ESPN reported.

Hill previously said an England call-up would be an "incredible honour."

The Football Association said in a statement that Hill has joined the squad before the Croatia match and Sunday's fixture against Spain in Madrid.

Hill has played 15 times for Bournemouth this season, completing every minute in the Premier League and appearing in every match of the club's first Europa League campaign.

His place took time to establish. Hill moved from Fleetwood to Bournemouth for an undisclosed fee in January 2022, making only 24 appearances over his first three and a half years before securing a regular role last season.

Bournemouth placed sixth in the top flight that season, their highest finish at that level, and now sit seventh in the Premier League. BBC Sport and The Independent put Bournemouth's run at eight consecutive wins across all competitions before the international break, while the Bournemouth Echo said seven.

Hill made his England Under-20s debut while at Fleetwood and appeared four times between 2021 and 2022, before earning one Under-21 cap away to Kosovo in June 2022.

An England debut would make Hill the fourth Bournemouth player to represent the senior side while at the club, following Lewis Cook, Callum Wilson and Alex Scott.

"Meanwhile, Ezri Konsa will not be in contention for Croatia at Wembley on Thursday as he continues to follow his own programme but will return to full training later this week before Sunday's trip to Spain," the FA said.

England did not specify the issue behind Konsa's absence, The Independent reported. Konsa, 29, joined Arsenal from Aston Villa in a £55m summer move and came off after a knee injury during Arsenal's 2-1 Champions League win at Slavia Prague on Nov. 4. Cristhian Mosquera took his place in the 61st minute.

At a Nov. 6 press conference, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said, "He's fine – he was feeling much better today. We took him out on Wednesday for a precaution, but yesterday and today he's been feeling good."

Konsa completed all 90 minutes of Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Hull on Nov. 7. He has made 15 Arsenal appearances this season, filling in for the injured William Saliba alongside Gabriel.

Guehi hurt his hip during Manchester City's Premier League defeat at Nottingham Forest on Nov. 7 and came off at half-time. Burn returned to the England squad for the first time since the World Cup after missing selection for the September and October games.

John Stones is unavailable while recovering from a hamstring strain at Inter Milan, while Como's Trevoh Chalobah has a muscle injury. Tuchel's other centre-back options include Burn, Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite, Bayer Leverkusen's Jarell Quansah and Arsenal's Ben White, whom Arsenal have used exclusively at right-back this season.

The Independent and the Bournemouth Echo expect Konsa to be available against world champions Spain on Sunday. The Echo said the match could decide the Nations League group.