McManaman, for example, is even less involved with Liverpool than Lee is at Newcastle, yet he was chosen. It comes down to about 32 players of which I’ve chosen 24.”A fair point, but there are inconsistencies. Wright reverts to the Under-21s as Keegan has opted for two goalkeepers with Ian Walker on standby.Few would argue with the broad make-up of the squad. As Keegan said: “There are only around 50 potential England players, some of those are too old or have had a chance, some are on the verge of playing but not ready, some are not involved with their clubs for various reasons – like Rob Lee, some are suspended and some are injured.

Ince is suspended, Dyer injured, Butt has not recovered his place since injury while Dublin and Merson have not regained form. Phil Neville, David Batty and Steve McManaman are also recalled while Dion Dublin, Paul Merson, Nicky Butt, Paul Ince, Kieron Dyer and Richard Wright drop out. One of those was Chris Sutton, whose inclusion, after just one match back for Blackburn, was perhaps the biggest shock, though Tim Sherwood could not have expected his first call-up. He is one of two uncapped players in the 24-man selection for tomorrow week’s European Championship qualifier with Poland at Wembley, the other being Ray Parlour.
In all there are six changes from the last squad, picked by Glenn Hoddle and named by Howard Wilkinson, which faced France last month. KEVIN KEEGAN sprang a surprise when he unveiled his first England squad yesterday: he named a balanced party with nine defenders and only six forwards.

Pontus played Juninho very well and played him fairly but there were periods in the Middlesbrough games which people forget when Juninho got himself clear.”. The guy is world class and I’d love him to be playing with us rather than against us. But that’s not going to happen, so we’ll have to get on with it. “The two play in different roles and different positions but the parallels are there. But today is the first day I’ve really thought about the game, with the media attention we’re getting.”Ginola is clever enough to wangle his way out of any situation but we’ll certainly have a talk about it.