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England coach Hodgson happy to call up Shelvey, Clyne

England coach Roy Hodgson is happy to include Southampton fullback Nathaniel Clyne and Swansea City midfielder Jonjo Shelvey in his latest squad.

The Three Lions face Euro 2016 qualifiers against San Marino and Estonia.

Hodgson said: "I counted eight players the other day that under normal circumstances would have been considered for this squad.

"But I am lucky there is still plenty left, some very, very good ones left and in Nathaniel Clyne and Jonjo Shelvey I've got a chance also to introduce two new players.

"Having said that, Jonjo has been there before but not been on a regular basis, so I am looking forward really to what they can do.

"I am just hoping now the games over the weekend don't throw up any more injury problems for us.

"Six injuries and two players loaned out to the Under-21s, that's a lot of players to miss. We don't have such a vast group of players that we can constantly replace eight."

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