Jay Rod joins Cork and Delfouneso in England squad

Last updated : 04 May 2011 By Tony Scholes
Jay Rodriguez
Jay made his debut in a friendly in Italy but was only on the standby list when they played Denmark and Iceland recently, the second of them at Preston North End's Deepdale. His performances and goalscoring recently have, though, kept him in Pearce's mind and he's made the initial squad of 40 alongside our loan players Jack Cork and Nathan Delfouneso.

The squad features six players who have already played for the full England team and Jay will be up against such as Andy Carroll, Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck for a place in the final squad.

That final squad of 23 will be named at the beginning of June and that's followed by one last friendly on 5th June against Norway at Southampton.

It would be fantastic to see all three of our players in the final 23, and certainly Jay is worthy of inclusion given the form he's been in recently.

The provisional squad is:

Goalkeepers

Frankie Fielding (Blackburn), Scott Loach (Watford), Jason Steele (Middlesbrough), Alex McCarthy (Reading)

Defenders

Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough), Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jones (Blackburn), Michael Mancienne (Wolves - on loan from Chelsea), Ben Mee (Leicester - on loan from Manchester City), Kyle Naughton (Leicester - on loan from Tottenham), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), James Tomkins (West Ham), Kieran Trippier (Barnsley - on loan from Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Aston Villa - on loan from Tottenham)

Midfielders

Marc Albrighton (Aston Villa), Jack Cork (Burnley - on loan from Chelsea), Tom Cleverley (Wigan - on loan from Manchester United), Mark Davies (Bolton), Adam Hammill (Wolves), Jordan Henderson (Sunderland), Jonathan Howson (Leeds), Adam Lallana (Southampton), Henri Lansbury (Norwich - on loan from Arsenal), Josh McEachran (Chelsea), Fabrice Muamba (Bolton), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Scott Sinclair (Swansea), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)

Forwards

Andy Carroll (Liverpool), Nathan Delfouneso (Burnley - on loan from Aston Villa), Gary Hooper (Celtic), Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), Freddie Sears (West Ham), Daniel Sturridge (Bolton - on loan from Chelsea), James Vaughan (Crystal Palace - on loan from Everton), Danny Welbeck (Sunderland - on loan from Manchester United), Connor Wickham (Ipswich)