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Austin scored 17 goals in the Premier League this season. Ryan Browne
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Here's Roy Hodgson's England squad for the friendly against Ireland

No, Jack Grealish isn’t in there either…

ROY HODGSON HAS named three uncapped players in his squad for England’s international double-header against Ireland and Slovenia.

Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton, QPR’s Charlie Austin and Leicester’s Jamie Vardy have been called up for the Dublin friendly on 7 June and the Euro 2016 qualifier in Ljubljana.

Austin’s 17 league goals weren’t enough to help QPR avoid relegation while Vardy scored four times Leicester miraculously managed to beat the drop.

Heaton — who has represented England up to U21 level — kept eight clean sheets for relegated Burnley.

Ireland boss Martin O’Neill named an extended 33-man panel last week but plans to whittle down the numbers before the squad assembles on 1 June.

The England friendly comes just six days before Ireland host Scotland in a make-or-break Group D qualifier on 13 June.

England squad to face Ireland and Slovenia

Goalkeepers: Robert Green (Queens Park Rangers), Joe Hart (Manchester City), Tom Heaton (Burnley)

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Southampton), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Chris Smalling (Manchester United)

Midfielders: Ross Barkley (Everton), Fabian Delph (Aston Villa), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Ryan Mason (Tottenham Hotspur), James Milner (Manchester City), Raheem Sterling (Liverpool), Andros Townsend (Tottenham Hotspur), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)

Forwards: Charlie Austin (Queens Park Rangers), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal)

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