• Midfielder impressed Roy Hodgson with Team GB contribution• England manager will announce his squad on FridayTom Cleverley is expected to constitute his England debut in following week’s friendly against Italy in Berne after the Manchester United midfielder impressed Roy Hodgson with his contribution to Team GB’s campaign at the Olympic Games.The national manager is due to speak with Premier League clubs this week to offer an indication as to the players he will be seeking to comprehend in a youthful squad to confront the Azzurri in what will be a re-run of June’s Euro 2012 quarter-final in Kiev. Hodgson had previously stated an intention to employ players who were not central figures at the finals in the summer and will announce his squad on Friday.The manager has expressed his satisfaction with the impact made by Cleverley, Daniel Sturridge and Ryan Bertrand with Stuart Pearce’s Fantastic Britain side, who were eliminated in the quarter-finals on penalties by South Korea on Saturday. While all three will be considered for the game against Italy, it is anticipated Cleverley will be included and will finally constitute an appearance at the highest level having missed outside a year ago when the friendly against the Netherlands was postponed due to the riots in London.The 22-year-ancient was subsequently an unused member of the squad for the qualifiers against Bulgaria and Wales before his impact was frustrated by foot and ankle injuries which limited him to 10 Premier League appearances for United, though, fitness permitting, he will immediately be granted his chance to impress. Indeed, Pearce claimed in the wake of elimination that both Cleverley and Sturridge were ready to constitute the step up to senior international level.”Most of them [GB players] are attractive much ready anyway, however one or two of the younger players like Bertrand and Sturridge and players like Tom Cleverley, who is coming back from injury, may have not been quite so much a fixture in their teams,” said Hodgson. “Let’s hope the Olympic familiarity with Team GB has given them a bigger chance of staking a claim for a regular spot.”The England manager had attended two of Team GB’s fixtures and watched Gary Cahill, who missed Euro 2012 with a broken jaw, play for Chelsea in Saturday’s 3–1 friendly defeat to Brighton. Hodgson will be at Villa Park for Sunday’s Community Shield between Chelsea and Manchester Megalopolis, though the likes of Ashley Cole and John Terry may be spared involvement for the game in Switzerland, which falls just three days ahead of the commence of the Premier League season. Jack Rodwell of Everton and Tottenham Hotspur’s Kyle Walker, who missed the summer tournament with a broken toe, are in contention for call-ups.”There will be players involved in the game who weren’t part of the Euros,” said Hodgson, whose following competitive fixture is the Earth Cup qualifier in Moldova on 7 September. “I’m certain Italy will constitute changes also, so it won’t be two alike border-ups from the however it will be quite fascinating to play so soon after our elimination against them. It’s been more dense than usual (to watch players) this year since the clubs have travelled so far. Most of the top clubs have travelled to places like America, China and South Korea so it has been dense to keep tabs on it.”However we’ve done the best we can over the at the end couple of weeks before Friday’s squad announcement and I will manage to see some matches. I will be relying on what we know about the players and using the data and the knowledge that we used before picking the Euro squad to pick a squad for this one.”EnglandRoy HodgsonDominic Fifieldguardian.co.uk © 2012 Twitter News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Employ of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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