Lennon will miss the games with a hamstring strain
Aaron Lennon will miss England's World Cup qualifying games against
San Marino and Montenegro through injury and Michael Dawson also looks
unlikely to play, Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas said this evening.Winger Lennon was omitted from the Spurs squad that lost to Fulham today after he suffered hamstring and groin injuries during Thursday night's defeat to Inter Milan.
Centre-back Dawson had to come off at half-time during today's 1-0 defeat
and was not expected to join up with the national team ahead of
Friday's game against San Marino, which comes four days before the Three Lions' trip to Montenegro.
Lennon
has featured prominently for Roy Hodgson this season after
re-discovering his best form under Villas-Boas, but he will not be able
to join up with the squad, the Portuguese said tonight.
"Lennon won't be able to make it," Villas-Boas said."He
has been struggling a lot with injuries. We risked him the other day
against Inter Milan and he is on the brink of rupturing his muscle so we
have decided to take him out of this game. He has groin and hamstring
(injuries)." Dawson was set to start against San MarinVillas-Boas thinks Dawson has only a remote chance of joining up with the squad.
"He felt his (hamstring) muscle going in the first half."If we had brought him on in the second half we would be risking him a major injury."I
think Michael will be assessed by the England team doctors, they will
be in communication with our medical department to find out if he will
make it or not. He probably won't, but it's something that they have to
decide between them."The news is a cruel blow for Dawson, who would have probably started Friday's game in San Marino.
The
former Nottingham Forest defender was made available for transfer at
the start of the season, but he has since forced his way back in to the
Tottenham team with a series of fine displays.The 29-year-old, who has four international caps, has not played for his country since the 2-0 win in Wales two years ago.
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