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Fabian Delph withdraws from England squad due to injury

Everton midfielder Fabian Delph is pulling out of the England squad because of a hamstring injury.

England boss Gareth Southgate is unlikely to call a replacement as he already had a 25-man squad before Delph's withdrawal.

The squad meet up at St George's Park today ahead of the Euro 2020 qualifiers with Czech Republic and Bulgaria.

The 29-year-old moved to Goodison Park from Manchester City in the summer and earned a Three Lions recall having missed out on the first squad of the new season.

But, despite playing the entirety of Eveton's 1-0 loss at Burnley on Saturday, he has pulled out.

Delph played the full 90 minutes at Burnley (2019 Getty Images)

As a result, England will head to Prague for Friday night's game against the Czech Republic with a 24-man squad.

Delph has 20 senior caps to his name and is a favourite of Southgate, who continued to select the former Leeds and Aston Villa man even when he was struggling to break into the team at City.

Southgate still has plenty of midfield talent at his disposal for the back-to-back away games with Ross Barkley, Jordan Henderson, James Maddison, Mason Mount, Declan Rice and Harry Winks also in the squad.

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