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Central defender Paddy Mc Nair has 69 caps for Northern Ireland Paddy Mc Nair and Shayne Lavery are among the players restored to the Northern Ireland squad for next month's Uefa Nations League double-header. Experienced defender Mc Nair, who joined West Brom on loan this summer from San Diego FC, is back after missing the summer friendlies against Spain and Andorra. Striker Lavery returns on the back of signing for Cambridge United this summer. Also returning to Michael O'Neill's 25-man squad are goalkeeper Luke Southwood and midfielders Brad Lyons, Ali Mc Cann and George Saville. Lyons' last international appearance came against Slovenia a year ago but the Kilmarnock player is fit again after having missed out on the last three squads through injury. O'Neill's squad announcement comes less than 24 hours after Manchester United defender Jonny Evans announced his international retirement. Following Evans' retirement, Mc Nair and Exeter City striker Josh Magennis are the only members of the squad named on Thursday who were part of Northern Ireland's Euro 2016 campaign. In addition to Evans' absence, several players who were in the summer squad are missing, including Stevenage striker Jamie Reid and St Mirren winger Conor Mc Menamin, while Dale Taylor, Aaron Donnelly and Pierce Charles have switched to the under-21 squad. Corry Evans, who returned from a lengthy injury lay-off in June, is not included as the 34-year-old searches for a new club. Northern Ireland open their Nations League C3 campaign at home to Luxembourg on 5 September (19: 45 BST) before facing Bulgaria in Plovdiv three days later (17: 00). Goalkeepers: Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Birmingham City), Conor Hazard (Plymouth Argyle), Luke Southwood (Bolton Wanderers). Defenders: Paddy Mc Nair (West Bromwich Albion, on loan from San Diego FC), Jamal Lewis (Newcastle United), Daniel Ballard (Sunderland), Ciaron Brown (Oxford United), Trai Hume (Sunderland), Brodie Spencer (Huddersfield Town), Eoin Toal (Bolton Wanderers). Midfielders: George Saville (Millwall), Jordan Thompson (Stoke City), Alistair Mc Cann (Preston North End), Conor Bradley (Liverpool), Shea Charles (Sheffield Wednesday, on loan from Southampton), Isaac Price (Standard Liege), Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers), Ethan Galbraith (Leyton Orient), Ross Mc Causland (Rangers), Brad Lyons (Kilmarnock), Caolan Boyd-Munce (St Mirren). Forwards: Josh Magennis (Exeter City), Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), Shayne Lavery (Cambridge United), Callum Marshall (Huddersfield Town, on loan from West Ham United). O'Neill, who is in his second stint has manager of the national team, has lost a lot of experience in the last 12 months with Evans now joining Stuart Dallas and Steven Davis in international retirement but has put an emphasis on youth in the last few squads. "We have a young group of players, predominantly under 24 and some a lot younger than that, and I think we have a team that is developing, " O'Neill told BBC Sport NI. "That's the most important thing that people see that. We haven’t played here [at Windsor Park] since November so we have to come back here with a mindset and attitude that we want to put on a really good performance. " Only four of the current squad have played over 50 times for Northern Ireland with eight of the 25 players selected in single figures for international caps. "The last campaign was challenging. 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