England manager Roy Hodgson has called up midfielders Adam Lallana, Jake Livermore and Raheem Sterling to his squad ahead of tomorrow night’s encounter with Ukraine, according to the FA.

The trio have been added to the England squad as cover for Theo Walcott and Daniel Sturridge who both missed training today. It is thought that Walcott will miss the Ukraine clash at Wembley due to a ‘virus’.

Hodgson has revealed that the England medical team are confident that Sturridge will recover from his stomach cramps suffered over the weekend. Hodgson is also hopeful that the illnesses suffered by Walcott and Sturridge are not part of a bug that is going round the England camp.

As for the three men who have been added to the squad, Hodgson has stayed consistent to his policy on selecting players on form for their Premier League clubs. Southampton’s Lallana, Tottenham’s Livermore and Liverpool Sterling’s have all be stand-out players for their struggling outfits so far this season.

Hodgson has admitted that the players aforementioned will not start the match against Ukraine, but could be potentially make an impact from the substitute’s bench and as a result cement their places in future England squads.

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