The squad for England’s double-header Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Andorra is (almost) finalised:
England squad
Gary Neville is injured, Darren Bent is injured, Woody has a knee injury but is part of the squad, Micah Richards is a late withdrawal so Luke Young comes in. Ashley Cole is suspended for the first game and Crouch is out for surgery on his nose.
Goalkeepers: Robinson (Tottenham), Foster (Man Utd, on loan at Watford), Carson (Liverpool, on loan at Charlton).
Defenders: Richards (Man City) (injury risk), Ferdinand (Man Utd), Terry (Chelsea, capt), Woodgate (Real Madrid, on loan at Middlesbrough) (injured for Israel game), Carragher (Liverpool), A Cole (Chelsea) (suspended for Israel game), P Neville (Everton), Barry (Aston Villa), L Young (Charlton).
Midfielders: Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Lampard (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham), Parker (Newcastle), Carrick (Man Utd), Dyer (Newcastle), Downing (Middlesbrough).
Forwards: Johnson (Everton), Rooney (Man Utd), Defoe (Tottenham), Nugent (Preston).
Israel squad
The Israel squad hasn’t gone through as many changes as the England squad.
Goalkeepers: Dudu Aouate (Deportivo Coruna), Nir Davidovich (Maccabi Haifa), Shavit Elimelech (Hapoel Tel Aviv).
Defenders: Tal Ben Haim (Bolton Wanderers), Arik Benado (Beitar Jerusalem), Shimon Gershon (Beitar Jerusalem), Yoav Ziv (Beitar Jerusalem), Tomer Ben Yosef (Beitar Jerusalem), Yuval Shpungin (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Yigal Antebi (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Dani Bodarv (Hapoel Tel Aviv).
Midfielders: Yossi Benayoun (West Ham United), Walid Badir (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Salim Toamah (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Gal Alberman (Beitar Jerusalem), Yaniv Katan (Maccabi Haifa) Idan Tal (Bolton Wanderers), Omer Golan (Maccabi Petah Tikva).
Forwards: Elyaniv Barda (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Amit Ben Shushan (Beitar Jerusalem), Pini Balili (Sivaspor), Roberto Colautti (Maccabi Haifa), Toto Tamuz (Beitar Jerusalem), Ben Sahar (Chelsea).
Source: BBC Sport
Preview / Predictions
England will win away to Israel, they will win away to Andorra and McClaren will hopefully be humble enough to realise that those wins are nothing compared to what the England squad is actually capable of.
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