Roy Hodgson to make 10 changes to England team for Netherlands, Danny Drinkwater set for debut

ByTom Adams

Updated 28/03/2016 at 14:27 GMT

England manager Roy Hodgson will reportedly make 10 changes for the visit of Netherlands to Wembley on Tuesday night.

Hodgson was delighted to see his side come back from 2-0 down to beat Germany 3-2 in Berlin but will rotate his squad for the second friendly in four days.

Only left-back Danny Rose will survive the cull, according to multiple reports, because Ryan Bertrand has withdrawn due to injury.

James Milner will captain the side in the absence of Wayne Rooney. The striker's injury saw vice-captain Gary Cahill wear the armband in Saturday's remarkable 3-2 win in Germany.

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But the Chelsea defender is set to start on the bench at Wembley and the Football Association has confirmed Milner will wear the armband instead.

As such, England's prospective XI against the Dutch looks very much like a second-string side.

England XI to face Netherlands

Fraser Forster replaced Jack Butland after the Stoke City keeper sustained a fractured ankle which could rule him out of the finals on Saturday night and the Southampton man will start in goal.

Rose will be joined at full-back by Tottenham colleague Kyle Walker, with Everton duo Phil Jagielka and John Stones coming in at centre-back.

In midfield, Leicester City’s Danny Drinkwater will be handed an international debut alongside the more experienced figures of Ross Barkley and James Milner.

His club team-mate Jamie Vardy, who scored an outrageous backheel against Germany, will start on the left of a three-man attack which also comprises Daniel Sturridge and Theo Walcott.

England XI against Germany: Butland; Clyne, Smalling, Cahill, Rose; Dier, Henderson, Alli; Lallana, Kane, Welbeck.

England XI against Netherlands: Forster; Walker, Stones, Jagielka, Rose; Drinkwater, Milner, Barkley; Walcott, Sturridge, Vardy.

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