As Real Madrid duo Michael Owen and captain David Beckham jetted into New York to join the squad after the end of the Spanish league season, the England manager reported that defenders Sol Campbell and Wes Brown are definitely ruled out with injuries and there are doubts over Luke Young, Andy Johnson and Keiran Richardson.

Peter Crouch is set to win his first senior cap after missing the weekend win over America, but Eriksson admitted: "The preparations have not been ideal and it was a difficult training session with three or four players away having scans on injuries.

"But that does not mean we will not prepare as best we can for a match against a great football nation in Colombia.

"I hope we can win, but it is a friendly and I hope both teams can give the crowd a good game between two good football teams."