England squad for the 2014 World Cup announced

England manager Roy Hodgson confirms his 23-man squad and seven standby players for the tournament in Brazil. Here is the list of all the players

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, Ben Foster and Fraser Forster

Defenders: Leighton Baines, Gary Cahill, Adam Johnson, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw and Chris Smalling

Midfielders: Barkley, Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana, Frank Lampard, James Milner, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Raheem Sterling and Jack Wilshere

Forwards: Paul Lambert, Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck.

Ashley Cole and Kyle Walker were two names which were surprisingly not a part of the squad list.

After getting this news, Cole announced his retirement from International football via twitter.

Reports suggest that he was asked if e was fine with his name being put up on the stand-by list, but Ashley Cole declined the proposal and it was followed by his retirement announcement.

The stand-by list includes Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Tom Cleverley, Jermain Defoe, Jon Flanagan and John Ruddy.

Roy Hodgson also said that John Stones will replace Phil Jones in England squad if the Man Utd defender fails to recover from injury.

England squad for the 2014 World Cup