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England boss Fabio Capello has made Cardiff striker Jay Bothroyd one of four new additions to his squad for Wednesday's friendly against France.

Also called up for the first time are Newcastle striker Andy Carroll, Jordan Henderson of Sunderland, and Manchester United defender Chris Smalling.

The quartet's opportunity comes as part of a much-changed squad.

Carroll and Henderson had been widely tipped to feature, but the inclusion of Bothroyd and Smalling is a surprise.

Capello has made a total of nine changes to the squad initially announced for last month's Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro.

Manchester City full-back Micah Richards, who has never previously featured under the Italian, is included alongside Arsenal duo Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs.

Arguably the most notable omission is Kevin Davies, who could be forgiven for feeling hard done by after scoring twice in front of Capello for Bolton in their recent 4-2 win over Tottenham.

Liverpool duo Joe Cole and Glen Johnson are overlooked, although the latter has only just recovered from a groin injury.

Should Bothroyd feature in a team where the accent appears to be firmly on youth, he would become the first Championship player to receive a cap since David Nugent, then of Preston, scored in a 3-0 win over Andorra in Barcelona in March 2007.

The Cardiff striker, who has previously played for Coventry, Charlton and Wolves, and also had a short spell in Italy with Perugia, has scored 15 goals already this season.

A double at Ssausagehorpe on Saturday means Bothroyd, who is the first Cardiff City player to receive an England call-up in the club's 111-year history, has now scored in seven consecutive games for the Bluebirds.

Even so, his case has undoubtedly been helped by the absence through injury of fellow strikers Wayne Rooney, Darren Bent, Jermain Defoe and Bobby Zamora.

Less surprising is the inclusion of Carroll, which is likely to be warmly received by Newcastle manager Chris Hughton.

"It would be a very proud moment for this football club," said Hughton on Saturday when asked about the possibility of Carroll's selection.

"For a young man to have the opportunity to represent his country, particularly with the amount of quality strikers there are around, then it would be a very proud day for him and the club."

Hughton's sentiments are likely to be echoed by Sunderland's Steve Bruce and Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson, respectively the managers of Henderson and Smalling at club level.

England Under-21 coach Stuart Pearce has apparently provided Capello with favourable reports about both players.

England squad for the international friendly against France at Wembley on Wednesday, November 17:

Foster (Birmingham), Hart (Man City), Green (West Ham); Gibbs (Arsenal), Cole (Chelsea), Terry (Chelsea), Jagielka (Everton), Lescott (Man City), Richards (Man City), Ferdinand (Man Utd), Smalling (Man Utd); Walcott (Arsenal), Wilshere (Arsenal), Young (Aston Villa), Gerrard (Liverpool), Barry (Man City), Johnson (Man City), Milner (Man City), Henderson (Sunderland); Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Bothroyd (Cardiff), Carroll (Newcastle), Crouch (Tottenham).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9186957.stm

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couldnt care less about England anymore

So you keep saying in every England thread we have, why read the thread then? you could just see the title and move on, let people who do care about England talk about the game.

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I dont care because its a farce.Smalling,Carroll and Bothroyd? For gods sake is this the best weve got? Where is Gary Cahill? Why pick Kevin Davies,then leave him out?

I didnt realise I was being watched by the thread police.If I had I would have professed my undying love for the most over-rated national team in the history of football.Of course we will win the Euro 2012.Stick your flag out of your window!!!.....in fact dont bother.

Stick it up your ar$e.

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It's not the thread police it's an observation that on every England thread we have to go through the same "I couldn't give a ***** about England" rollocks, that's great, fantastic, I'm pleased for you....but some people on this forum do care about England and will be watching the game.

I don't think we will win Euro 2012 nor do I hang a flag outside my house, So stick that up your ar$e.

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naming Bothroyd in the squad is a joke, I wonder whether Commons would have been in the squad if he hadn't already played for Scotland?

The current Bothroyd is better than this league. When he took four of our players with him at Pride Park earlier this season, I was amazed by him.

He seems like he'd be suited to Aston Villa, a similiar player to Carew.

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I'd say Smalling is better than Johnson. Far better.

Crazy talk, has hardly played any football at a decent level. 13 games for Fulham, 2 for United (Source: Wiki). I reckon Chris Barker would of been a good shout for a call up.

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Crazy talk, has hardly played any football at a decent level. 13 games for Fulham, 2 for United (Source: Wiki). I reckon Chris Barker would of been a good shout for a call up.

I've seen him personally a year ago, to think where hes come from in such a short time, he's going to be fantastic in a few years.

This experience can only be good for him.

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