Sven's men face Wales at Old Trafford on Saturday 09 October before travelling away for a first ever meeting with Azerbaijan four days later.

The England manager will no doubt be boosted by the return of three key players in Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and of course Wayne Rooney as England look to pick up crucial World Cup qualification points.

Rooney made his comeback from injury in spectacular fashion, scoring a hat-trick on his Manchester United debut in midweek, whilst Ferdinand and Campbell have both been impressive in their respective returns to first team action.

Along with Rooney, Sven has selected four other strikers. Between them, the five frontmen can boast nearly 50 international goals - an indication of the fire-power Sven has at his disposal.

Newcastle United's in-form midfielder Nicky Butt is fit-again and he may be in pole position to fill in for the injured Steven Gerrard. 

Joe Cole is included after Sven saw the Chelsea man score his side's only goal against Liverpool on Sunday afternoon whilst Norwich City's Robert Green keeps his place in the squad after further impressive performances for Norwich City.

Cole could be an option for the left side of England's midfield after Wayne Bridge was left out of the squad due to injury.

However Bridge will have treatment at Chelsea this week and later in the week Sven will re-assess the situation to see if he will be fit enough to join the squad.

England squad

Player

Club

Caps

Goals

Paul Robinson

Tottenham Hotspur

6

0

David James

Manchester City

30

0

Robert Green

Norwich City

0

0

John Terry

Chelsea

14

0

Rio Ferdinand

Manchester United

33

1

Ledley King

Tottenham Hotspur

10

1

Sol Campbell

Arsenal

62

1

Ashley Cole

Arsenal

33

0

Gary Neville

Manchester United

70

0

Jamie Carragher

Liverpool

15

0

Phil Neville

Manchester United

50

0

Joe Cole

Chelsea

18

2

David Beckham

Real Madrid

75

14

Nicky Butt

Newcastle United

36

0

Frank Lampard

Chelsea

26

6

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Manchester City

1

1

Jermaine Jenas

Newcastle United

7

0

Owen Hargreaves

Bayern Munich

23

0

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United

17

9

Jermain Defoe

Tottenham Hotspur

5

1

Michael Owen

Real Madrid

63

27

Alan Smith

Manchester United

10

1

Darius Vassell

Aston Villa

22

6