Manchester City’s Joe Hart is Capello’s first-choice goalkeeper, but beyond him and Foster the goalkeeping options are fairly limited, with Paul Robinson having retired from the international stage, former first choice Rob Green awaiting a hip operation and Chris Kirkland dropped by his club Wigan after conceding 10 goals in the club’s first two league matches.

England’s senior squad is much changed from the one that disappointed at the World Cup in South Africa earlier in the summer, with David James and Ledley King having both been discarded by Capello, while Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher has announced his international retirement for the second time.

Spurs winger Aaron Lennon has not featured in either squad since the World Cup, but the latest omission is thought to be because of concerns over an ankle injury, and in addition, Chelsea duo John Terry and Frank Lampard have been ruled out because of injury, Terry sidelined by a hamstring problem and Lampard missing the match to have a hernia operation.

Jagielka missed Tuesday’s training session with an ankle injury but Capello is confident he has recovered and will be able to start at Wembley, where he is expected to partner West Ham’s Matthew Upson in what would be an inexperienced backline.

Capello says he has been encouraged by Rooney’s return to goalscoring form, after watching him end a five-month wait for a goal with a penalty against West Ham last weekend and Arsenal’s Theo Walcott, who was left out of England’s World Cup squad, is expected to join Rooney in Capello’s starting line-up.

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Capello has named a 24 man squad for the fixtures, with five forwards included in the squad, with Tottenham Hotspur’s Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe both returning to the fold.

Wayne Rooney scored his first goal of the season on Saturday and he is joined by Darren Bent who also notched from the penalty spot, and West Ham United’s Carlton Cole.

Chelsea pair Frank Lampard and John Terry both miss out through injury, while Kieran Gibbs keeps his place in the squad after making his debut against Hungary last month.

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The reports are suggesting that Paul Lambert is looking to bring the promising Manchester City defender to Carrow Road on a season long loan.

The Belgian defender scored his first goal for Roberto Mancini’s side in their Europa League defeat of Romanian outfit Timisoara on Thursday night, but rumours are that Lambert is hoping that Manchester City will let the 19 year old go for the chance of regular first team football in the Championship.

Should there be any truth in this particular rumour, then you would have to wonder at Jens Berthel Askou’s future at Carrow Road under Paul Lambert, and although the Dane started againt Blackburn Rovers last week, he found himself on the bench at the City Ground on Saturday as new boy Leon Barnett was favoured over him.

Capello had said he would pick the 35 year old for one more game at Wembley so he could say “goodbye” to the fans.

But the England boss has now refused to rule out the LA Galaxy midfielder for the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.

Capello has been criticised for effectively announcing Beckham’s international career would be over in a television interview ahead of the recent 2-1 friendly win over Hungary having not spoken to the player beforehand.

The England manager later cited that Beckham was too old and that he wanted to focus on bringing young players through the international set-up following England’s disastrous 2010 World Cup campaign.

Beckham was forced to miss the tournament in South Africa after picking up an achilles tendon injury while playing for AC Milan in March but went to the finals as part of the national team’s coaching setup.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star, who has made 115 appearances for England and is the country’s most capped outfield player, has recently returned to training with Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy and has insisted that he would still be “available” to play for England, despite Capello’s comments and has now received the rarity of a phone call from the Italian to explain the situation.

England face Bulgaria on 3 September 2010 and Bulgaria four days later in their opening Euro 2012 qualifiers, and Frank Lampard and John Terry have pulled out of the squad for those games and, while Capello is still planning to use youngsters, he seems more flexible in drafting in more experienced players when needed.

There were no arguments from either manager over City’s claims that they should have won, with the Forest Boss agreeing that City should have been returning to Norfolk with all three points.

Billy Davies admitted that City were unlucky not to have won the match, although there were disputes over the manner of Forest’s opening goal in the 35^th minute, after Forest were handed a dubious penalty decision after referee Mathieson pointed to the spot after Paul Anderson had made the made the most of a coming together with Russell Martin.

Forest took the lead against the run of play, as Dexter Blackstock tucked the ball into the bottom right-hand corner to give the hosts a lead they barely deserved.

However, Forest’s lead lasted just seven minutes when City, who twice hit the woodwork in the opening six minutes, levelled in the 42^nd minute after Chris Martin had flicked on an Andrew Surman free kick and midfielder Andrew Crofts poked it over the head of keeper Lee Camp to make it all square.

City were clearly the better side for the majority of the game but the breakthrough just couldn’t come, however Lambert will be delighted with another sound performance by his side with Holt proving to be a real handful upfront, whilst Crofts was superb in midfield and new boy Leon Barnett slotted in seamlessly alongside Elliott Ward in the heart of the defence.

Norwich now enjoy a two week break before they return to action against Barnsley at Carrow Road, and Paul Lambert will no doubt be hoping that the break from competitive football will not have an adverse effect on his sides excellent start to the season.

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The midfielder withdrew from last weekend`s game against Reading after feeling discomfort in a hamstring during the warm-up at the Madejski Stadium.

The problem is not thought to be serious and McKenna hopes to get the green light to play but, with a two-week international break following this weekend`s fixtures, boss Billy Davies will not take any unnecessary risks.

Kelvin Wilson is fit to play despite suffering a broken nose against Reading, but fellow defender Chris Gunter remains unavailable as he serves the second game of a three-match ban.

Striker David McGoldrick is continuing his rehabilitation after shoulder surgery and is expected to be back in contention after the international break.

Norwich could hand a debut to Leon Barnett, after the defender joined on loan from Premier League side West Brom and he could start in place of Michael Nelson.

Nelson picked up an ankle injury in the closing stages of last Saturday`s 2-0 win over Swansea and is set for several weeks on the sidelines after a scan.

Manager Paul Lambert made several changes for the midweek Carling Cup defeat at Blackburn and will recall a host of players for the trip to the City Ground, including John Ruddy, Andrew Surman, Chris Martin and Korey Smith.

Former Rangers left-back Steven Smith will have to wait for his first start as he is still recovering from an ankle injury while fellow defender Zak Whitbread is still not ready.

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Jones, 25, will rejoin the Glovers for his second loan spell having enjoyed a six game spell at Huish Park and scoring one goal against Wycombe Wanderers last season.

Jones appears surplus to requirements at Carrow Road having already had a pre-season trial with Plymouth Argyle and played in a friendly against Saltash United before returning to Carrow Road, and it would be no great surprise if his loan period at Huish Park was extended.

Jones will also be eligible to feature in Yeovil’s Johnstone Paint Trophy fixture with Exeter City on August 31.

Cureton has figured as a substitute in both the Grecians league games this season, failing to find the back of the net on either occasion, but appears to have impressed enough to be offered permanent contract with Paul Tisdale’s side.

Cureton, who fell out of favour at Carrow Road after the sppointment of Paul Lambert, spent four months of last season on loan at Shrewsbury Town, and has also played for Bournemouth, Reading, QPR, Swindon, Colchester and Barnsley during his 17 year career.

In that time the 34 year old has netted 204 goals in all competitions, 76 of which came during his time at Bristol Rovers between 1996 and 2000.

The West Brom defender has joined the Canaries on a standard loan, meaning there is no recall clause allowing Albion to ask for the player to return to the Midlands club before 4 January 2011.

Barnett joined the Baggies from Luton Town in July 2007 for an initial fee of £2.5million and has made 55 league and cup appearances for the Midlands side, including five as a substitute and has netted three goals in the process.

The centre back spent a loan period at Coventry City last season, making 20 appearances for the Sky Blues.