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Mings' form for Villa last season followed by his big-money move this summer have seen some suggestion of an England call-up for the 26-year-old.
And Howe believes he has the potential to make the step into the national set-up.
He said: "Tyrone's got all the attributes, there's no doubt about that.
"With us he was really unfortunate with injuries. He was never able to get that run in the team that he wanted.
"He was obviously fighting with Nathan (Ake) for a lot of the time for the same shirt.
"But there's no doubting his quality and it's no surprise he's gone on to do so well at Aston Villa and I'm sure he will have that (call-up) in his mind as something that he could achieve."
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Mings’s impressive displays for Aston Villa have led to talk of a possible England call-up with Villans boss Dean Smith backing him for international recognition should he continue to progress.
Howe, asked whether he felt this would be achievable, said: “Tyrone’s got all the attributes, there’s no doubt about that.
“With us, he was really unfortunate with injuries. He was never able to get that run in the team that he wanted.
“For a lot of the time, he was fighting with Nathan for the same shirt but, as I said, there’s no doubting his quality and it’s no surprise he’s gone on to do so well at Aston Villa and I’m sure he’ll have that in his mind as something he could achieve.”