Rodwell, Carroll and Lansbury out of Euro 2011 qualifying double-header.

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England's Under-21s have had their preparations hampered by three withdrawals from their squad ahead of key 2011 European Championship qualifiers with Portugal and Lithuania.

Everton's Jack Rodwell has returned to Everton with an ankle injury, picked up in his club side's fixture against Aston Villa at the weekend.

Meanwhile Newcastle United's Andy Carroll is also ruled out of the squad due to an ongoing ankle complaint, whilst Henri Lansbury has also returned to his club, Arsenal, with a slight groin injury.

The Young Lions trained for a second day at their London Colney training base and will fly out to Portugal on Wednesday before Friday evening's match with the Portuguese in Barcelos.

Stuart Pearce has also called up Middlesbrough 'keeper Jason Steele following a short-term injury to Alex Smithies.

Smithies, who picked up a dead leg for Huddersfield in their recent game with Everton in the League Cup, will return to his club for further treatment ahead of the weekend's domestic fixtures. His fitness will be monitored over the weekend with the possibility of him rejoining the squad ahead of Tuesday's trip to Colchester to face Lithuania.

In the meantime, Steele will join the Young Lions for their trip to Portugal, as well as the home fixture with Lithuania next week.

Pearce's players looked sharp on the training field under bright blue skies and picked up no fresh injuries at the Hertfordshire venue, where they were joined by a team of Watford FC's Academy Scholars in a practice match.

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The Squad

Goalkeepers	D.O.B	Club
Frankie Fielding	04/04/1988	Blackburn Rovers
Scott Loach	27/05/1988	Watford
Alex Smithies	05/03/1990	Huddersfield Town
Defenders
Ryan Bertrand	05/08/1989	Nottingham Forest (on loan from Chelsea)
Phil Jones	21/02/1992	Blackburn Rovers
Martin Kelly	27/04/1990	Liverpool
Michael Mancienne	08/01/1988	Chelsea
Micah Richards	24/06/1988	Manchester City
Chris Smalling	22/11/1989	Manchester United
Kyle Walker	28/05/1990	Tottenham Hotspur
Midfielders
Marc Albrighton	18/11/1989	Aston Villa
Tom Cleverley	12/08/1989	Manchester United
Jack Cork	25/06/1989	Burnley (on loan from Chelsea)
Jordan Henderson	17/06/1990	Sunderland
Henri Lansbury*	12/10/1990	Arsenal
Victor Moses*	12/12/1990	Wigan Athletic
Fabrice Muamba	06/04/1988	Bolton Wanderers
Jack Rodwell*	11/05/1991	Everton
Danny Rose	02/06/1990	Tottenham Hotspur
Jack Wilshere	01/01/1992	Arsenal
Forwards
Andy Carroll*	06/01/1989	Newcastle United
Nathan Delfouneso	02/02/1991	Aston Villa
Daniel Sturridge	01/09/1989	Chelsea
Danny Welbeck	26/11/1990	Sunderland (on loan from Manchester United)

* Withdrawn injured.