LEWIS DUNK is OUT of England's final warm-up game but IN their Euro 2024 squad.
Dunk missing Friday's Wembley friendly with Iceland highlights defensive injuries troubling Three Lions' boss Gareth Southgate.
Harry Maguire is the big absentee from the 26-man squad for Germany because of a calf problem.
But Southgate is "gambling" on Maguire's Manchester United team-mate Luke Shaw recovering quickly and fully at left-back.
And Brighton centre-back Dunk, 32, has had preparations for his first major international tournament marred by his own calf issue.
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Southgate confirmed the Premier League stalwart "won’t be available" against Iceland.
But he stressed Dunk "can train from next week" and that "everyone else" is able to practice on Friday.
Meanwhile, Southgate is showing faith in Shaw partly due to England's lack of depth at left-back.
He reckons the 28-year-old has "progressed well in the last few weeks".
Southgate revealed: "We think he can have involvement in the second group game.
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"He's had a good volume of work and operating at good speed.
"I think you can take one gamble and that's a gamble which we have enough evidence on that we can take.
"The fact he has experience and he's a left-footer that can drive forward too."
The Three Lions open their Euro campaign against Serbia on June 16.
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Then come the last two group matches with Denmark five days later and Slovenia on June 25.
Southgate added: "Part of the reason we couldn't take Maguire is that he would have been the tenth defender, and that would have meant an unbalance elsewhere
"We definitely wouldn't have had him in the group stages ... we need cover and need players fit from the start."
