LONDON (Reuters) - England coach Roy Hodgson named a 30-man squad on Thursday for next week's friendly with Denmark but told the players not included they still had a chance of making his final 23-man squad for the World Cup finals.
West Ham United's Andy Carroll, Sunderland's Adam Johnson and Everton midfielder Gareth Barry were all notable absentees but, Hodgson told reporters at Wembley: "It would be very foolish of me in March to give a definitive 30 man squad (for the World Cup).
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