Roy Hodgson admits the season-ending injury to Jack Butland is an enormous blow to the talented goalkeeper.

The Stoke City gloveman suffered a fractured ankle late in the first half of England's 3-2 friendly win over Germany in Berlin and is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the season while his hopes of playing for the Three Lions at Euro2016 are all but blown.

Regarding the 23-year-old, Hodgson admitted it was a huge blow but has backed the Potters star to bounce back in a positive manner.

"I think it is very disturbing and very upsetting for us to see someone who has worked so hard this year (get injured)," the England boss said ahead of Tuesday's friendly with Holland at Wembley.

"He has had such a good season at Stoke, forced himself into a situation where many people said it was going to be a really good fight between him and Joe for the first-team shirt.

"Suddenly you get your chance against Germany and to fracture your ankle in that way is a devastating blow and we all felt sympathy for him, empathy as well of course because a lot of players have suffered injuries in their career.

"He was very strong about about it all, very stoic. He said to me he would come back stronger and said it would not affect his career in any way.

"That was good to hear and our best wishes are with him and we are all going to miss him because we were hoping he would be a part of it."