England manager Roy Hodgson is reveling in the number of attacking options available to him.

QPR star Charlie Austin and Leicester City forward Jamie Vardy were the latest to earn their debut call-up to the national team for the June fixtures against the Republic of Ireland and Slovenia.

With Daniel Sturridge sidelined by a hip injury and promising youngsters Harry Kane, Danny Ings and Saido Berahino all in the U21 squad for this summer's Euros, Hodgson turned to the uncapped Austin and Vardy.

"When you look at this squad, Daniel Sturridge is out who would normally be there," said Hodgson.

"Danny Welbeck, we have fears about. We hope he's going to recover and that he will be available for Arsenal, certainly for the FA Cup Final, but we can't be certain of that. He hasn't played for a while and hasn't recovered from his knee injury yet.

"On top of that, there's the Under-21s. There's Harry Kane and Saido Berahino, who have been with us, and Danny Ings, who probably would have been with us at least on a couple of occasions had it not been for Under-21 commitments.

"So I don't think our talent pool is that bad and if we can confirm what we have seen with Charlie and Jamie and they show they are capable of being international players, too, then our talent pool up front will be surprisingly big - certainly if you compare with what was available three years ago."