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England have announced the squad for the World Cup with just a couple of surprises.
The 23 man squad and 7 on standby will face Peru at Wembley on May 30th before flying out to the USA for friendlies against Ecuador and Honduras. They kick-off their World Cup campaign against Italy on the 14th of June before facing Uruguay on the 19th and Costa Rica on the 24th.
Here is the squad:
Goalkeepers
Joe Hart
Ben Foster
Fraser Forster
Defenders
Leighton Baines
Gary Cahill
Phil Jagielka
Glen Johnson
Phil Jones
Chris Smalling
Luke Shaw
Midfielders
Ross Barkley
Steven Gerrard
Jordan Henderson
Adam Lallana
Frank Lampard
James Milner
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Raheem Sterling
Jack Wilshere
Strikers
Ricky Lambert
Wayne Rooney
Daniel Sturrdige
Danny Welbeck
Standby
John Stones
John Fllanagan
John Ruddy
Tom Cleverley
Jermaine Defoe
Michael Carrick
Andy Carroll
I find it quite hard to disagree with this squad. Although I do think Jones and Smalling can count themselves lucky to be in the squad. Both have battled inconsistency this season with an under-performing Manchester United squad. I'm really happy to see Roy go with Luke Shaw and Ross Barkley. Adam Lallana definitely deserves a shot and it's hard to disagree with the omission of Michael Carrick and Tom Cleverley.
I have to admit that I'm disappointed that John Ruddy didn't make the squad ahead of Foster after keeping nearly as many clean-sheets at Joe Hart. Norwich's relegation must have played a part in that decision.
John Stones has been fantastic this season and I completely agree that he should be on standby. It's likely he won't be needed but this is a good confidence boost for the youngster.
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