England's U20 World Cup hopes have been wrecked by club withdrawals.
The Daily Mail says Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City all stopped key players from travelling to Colombia - depriving the 23-man squad of nine players, only one due to injury.
England kick off their campaign in two weeks against North Korea in a tournament which is not part of FIFA's official international calendar, meaning clubs are not obliged to release players.
Liverpool have pulled out Jack Robinson and Andre Wisdom but have allowed Michael Ngoo to join up as a replacement.
Former Manchester United duo, Scott Wootton and Nick Ajose, have been held back by new club Peterborough, while City's Alex Nimely was withdrawn, as was Arsenal's Benik Afobe.
