2016 squad, according to manager Roy Hodgson.
England manager Roy Hodgson said he will only pick fully fit
players in his squad for next year's Euro 2016 in France.
Hodgson has a number of absentee's for the upcoming
international break, including the likes of Daniel Sturridge,
Danny Welbeck and Jack Wilshere.
England will travel to face Spain on Friday before hosting France
on November 17 at Wembley.
However, Hodgson has fired a warning to any players who are
not fully fit ahead of next year's tournament.
"I would rather have 23 players who are all fit and ready to go,"
Hodgson said.
"I wouldn't be happy to really take players with us in the hope
that they will become fit during the tournament.
"We will be thinking about their ability to play a number of
matches in a short space of time, because that’s something that
we always do.
"We know what tournament football is, we know what the
demands of tournament football are, and we will be thinking
about those things.
Welbeck has not played since April while Sturridge has only
made three Premier League appearances this season, but
Hodgson is confident they will get over their injuries.
"They must be absolutely devastated to be in such a good
moment in their careers just before the summer, in March for
example, when Sturridge had come back from a long-term injury
and Welbeck had got a move to the Arsenal and done so well,"
Hodgson added.
"We hope they’re going to be back – Daniel before Danny. We
know Danny will be back in the new year.
"Are we going to take a player to the tournament who's virtually
not played any football, but because he's a talented player and
might just become, in some miraculous way, capable of playing
football? It's unlikely.
"But the next question is, what do you mean by a number of
games?"
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