Roy Hodgson has confirmed that Raheem Sterling, Danny Welbeck, Leighton Baines and James Milner will not travel to Turin for Tuesday night’s match against Italy.
However, the Three Lions squad will be bolstered by the addition of Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand.
Italy v England
International Match
7.45pm (BST), Tuesday 31 March 2015
Juventus Stadium, Turin
Live on ITV
Sterling, Milner and Welbeck have returned home through injury, while Baines heads back to Everton as planned prior to the 4-0 victory over Lithuania.
Left-back Bertrand, who currently has two senior caps to his name, will join the camp on Sunday.
Speaking to TheFA.com on Saturday morning, Hodgson said: “We knew we were going to be losing Raheem Sterling who had an injection last night on an on-going injury and hopefully that will help him as we go forward.
“We have a problem with James Milner who had to leave, we decided to let Leighton Baines go home and of course we lost Danny Welbeck, who unfortunately picked up a slight knee injury [against Lithuania].
Danny Welbeck will not travel to Turin
“So those four players won’t be with us going forward but it means a chance for the other guys in the squad to show what they can do.
“We are going to bring Ryan Bertrand in because with Leighton Baines gone we are now left with only one recognised left-back, which is Kieran Gibbs and we wanted two recognised left-backs for both games.”
The updated England squad
Goalkeepers
Jack Butland (Stoke City), Robert Green (Queens Park Rangers), Joe Hart (Manchester City)
Defenders
Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Southampton), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur)
Midfielders
Ross Barkley (Everton), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Fabian Delph (Aston Villa), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Ryan Mason (Tottenham Hotspur), Andros Townsend (Tottenham Hotspur), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
Forwards
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
A two--part exclusive interview with the England manager will come on FATV over this weekend.
