"I'm always available for players. Raheem has been with us a long while and if he wanted to talk to me, that's fine.

"As far as I am concerned a contract situation is between the player and the club and it is club business and I won't be poking my nose into club business. I'd expect him to do the job he has always done for us."

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"I'm pleased Gareth (Southgate, Under-21 manager) has had his presser and cleared up doubts about who is available

"This is a strong squad and I'm pleased to welcome the three newcomers who get the chance because of the Under-21s and it gives them the opportunity to have a chance to see what they can do.

"They've had good seasons with their clubs in difficult circumstances. I hope we don't lose too many more players and I am counting on all being available."

So what about the newcomers to the England squad?...

Heaton, 29, has previous international experience for England having featured throughout the youth ranks from Under-16s to Under-21s.

Austin, 25, has been in good goal-scoring form for QPR while 28-year-old Vardy helped the Foxes escape relegation this season.

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The England squad in full:

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).

England manager Roy Hodgson has named three newcomers in his squad for the friendly against the Republic of Ireland and the Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia next month.

QPR striker Charlie Austin, Leicester's Jamie Vardy and Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton are all included.

Tell us your tales of your team's great escape. And while we're at it...are players right to celebrate when missing relegation, or should they be embarrassed to be in that position in the first place?

Liam Hanson: HARTLEPOOL UNITED. Relegation bound 10 points adrift, Ronnie Moore came in and Saved us.. Cheltenham and tranmere relegated instead

Jamie Buckton: We were 1-0 down to Bayern Munich in the champions league final and scored 2 in added time to win the champions league... That's my great escape. None of this small time relegation rubbish!

Christine Aslan: Fulham 07/08 Man City Away, relegated at half time, 2-0 down. Second half Kamara scored twice. Then the great escape with Roy began. Last game of the season, just needed to win. Beautiful sunny day. Bullard/Murphy 76 minutes, banged one in! Survival so sweet!

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Coming up at around 12:30 BST, we'll be hearing from England manager Roy Hodgson as he names his squad for the upcoming friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Sunday 7 June and the Euro 2016 qualifier away to Slovenia seven days later.

We are expecting some new faces in the squad with plenty of chat around QPR's uncapped striker Charlie Austin who has scored 17 goals for his club this season.

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Frenchman Romain Grosjean has been given a five-place grid penalty for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix after Lotus changed his gearbox following the Spanish race earlier this month.

Grosjean finished eighth in Spain, but drove the final part of the race without fourth gear.

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Away from England's misery at Lord's and to the PGA Championship at Wentworth.

Spain's Jorge Campillo has the clubhouse lead on four under, thanks to an eagle at the 18th, while England's Chris Wood is on the same total with one hole to play as well as Nicolas Colsaerts after 12 holes.

Rory McIlroy is on level par after 13 holes of his round.

England collapsing at Lord's.

Bell is the next man to go, bowled by Henry. The England batsman looked disconsolate as he trudged off.

Stokes next man in with Root. England 30-4.

There is ball-by-ball coverage on Test Match Special on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.

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"NZ well on top. Ball nipping, Cook bounced out. 25/3"

And another one.

Big trouble now for England as Cook is the next man out for 16. The captain tries to pull a short ball and is caught by Watling off the bowling of Henry.

England 25-3. Bell and Root, the men in the middle, with some work to do to repair the damage.

Wicket.

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England in a bit of trouble here at Lord's as Gary Ballance goes for 1 taken at third slip with an excellent diving catch by Southee, off the bowling of Trent Boult.

England 25-2.

There is ball-by-ball coverage on Test Match Special on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.

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Britain's Brydan Klein has lost in the second round of French Open qualifying as he was beaten 6-3 6-1 by Argentina's Facundo Arguello.

The Australia-born 25-year-old, ranked 195, has never reached the main draw at Roland Garros and struggled to find his rhythm against 139-ranked Arguello, who is a clay-court specialist and dominated throughout.

"It was disappointing but I'm playing a player close to the top 100 who has grown up on clay courts in Argentina," Klein said.

"I tried to mix it up but I wasn't completely feeling the ball. I just didn't find the corners or angles enough to give myself a decent chance."

Tell us your tales of your team's great escape. And while we're at it...are players right to celebrate when missing relegation, or should they be embarrassed to be in that position in the first place?

Markus Frise: Was Steve McQueen ashamed he had to jump a fence with motorbike? No! Celebrate obviously.

Euan Maclean: Of course they should celebrate! Not every club has the money and investment as others do.

Eli ja'zeera: Players are right to celebrate safety from relegation. Not all teams can go for the title- at least not in the same season.

Let us know your stories using #ourgreatescape, external on Twitter or by commenting on the BBC Match of the Day Facebook page., external You can even forecast who will go down with our fab Predictor Game.

There's been a wicket at Lord's and it's debutant Adam Lyth who has gone for 7.

The Yorkshire batsman is caught behind off the bowling of Tim Southee.

England are 22-1 after New Zealand won the toss and put them into bat.

Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.

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Raheem Sterling's agent has said the winger won't sign for Liverpool for any amount reports the London Evening Standard., external

The player's representative Aidy Ward has also spoken out against Liverpool and the club's former players who have criticised his client for turning down £100,000-a-week deal to stay at Anfield.

"I don't care about the PR of the club and the club situation. I don't care.

"He is definitely not signing. He's not signing for £700, £800, £900 thousand a week. He is not signing.

"My job is to make sure I do the best with them (my clients). If people say I am bad at my job, or they are badly advised it does not matter."

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As the first Test gets under way at Lord's, Middlesex batsman Nick Compton is determined to convince England's selectors to give him a recall.

The 31-year-old, who won the last of his nine Test caps against New Zealand two years ago, scored his first Championship century of the summer in the county's draw with Hampshire.

He told BBC London 94.9: "The fire still burns bright. I feel I am the right man for the job and want to prove to the selectors and everyone else out there that I can do a great job this summer."

Look away now John Terry.

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It is seven years since Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties to win the Champions League but 21 May 2008 isn't a date Terry will look back fondly on.

The Chelsea captain slipped taking the penalty that would have won the cup but his shot struck the post. The shoot-out went to sudden death where Edwin Van der Sar saved Nicolas Anelka's penalty to win it for United for the third time in their history.

Preston midfielder John Welsh has vowed not to tempt fate by shaving his beard off before the League One play-off final against Swindon.

Last season, the 31-year-old shaved his beard before their two-leg semi-final against Rotherham, which they lost 4-2 on aggregate.

"I shaved it last year against Rotherham and obviously what happened, happened," he said. "It's bugging me now really, it's doing my head in at the minute, but it's got to stay until we get promoted."