England coach Steve McClaren has called Aston Villa's Gareth Barry into his squad for the Euro 2008 double header with Israel and Andorra.
Barry, whose omission from McClaren's original 23-man party was criticised by Villa boss Martin O'Neill, fills the vacancy created by the absence of Gary Neville.
Although Neville is England's first choice right back, and Barry plays on the left, McClaren felt he had enough cover for the Manchester United man in deputy Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher and Phil Neville, who will compete for the left-back slot.
Barry's call-up provides McClaren with additional balance ahead of the Tel Aviv encounter as England look to get their qualification hopes back on track.
Neville's injury, which came just seven minutes into United's Premiership win over Bolton on Saturday lunchtime, was the worst possible start to the weekend for McClaren, who was fearing the damage caused by tonight's FA Cup quarter-final replays, which are due to feature 12 of his players.
However, it seems the England coach has avoided major additional problems, with both Steven Gerrard and Richards due to meet up as planned tomorrow despite picking up knocks on duty for Liverpool and Manchester City respectively.
The one major doubt is Charlton's Darren Bent, who will also report for duty even though Addicks boss Alan Pardew feels his star striker has virtually no chance of being involved because of a troublesome knee injury.
If Bent misses out as expected, it would almost certainly mean a first senior call-up for Preston hit-man David Nugent.
Should the Huyton-born forward step up from Under-21 duty, he will be in line to become the first English-based player from outside the Premiership to play for his country since Michael Gray in 1999, and the first Preston man to wear the Three Lions since the legendary Tom Finney.
