Raheem Sterling will be allowed to miss England 's friendly with Italy as he struggles with a toe injury . England boss Roy Hodgson needs Sterling for the qualifier with Lithuania but has decided to allow the forward to skip the trip to Turin . Hodgson is already without Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana through injury and had hinted that more players would miss the Italy friendly . Raheem Sterling will be allowed to miss England friendly with Italy in Turin as he recovers from injury . Sterling has a problem with his toe and Roy Hodgson will give him permission to rest it next week . ' I fear we 're going to lose a few more , ' Hodgson told talkSPORT . ' I mean there 's one or two that I know wo n't be able to join us against Italy because of the current problems that they 're dealing with at the moment , so on this occasion in particular it wo n't be as strong a team as I maybe would have liked to put out . ' Hodgson told talkSPORT on Tuesday that he fears he will have players added to his injury issues . Sterling has been playing constantly under Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool of late but is carrying an injury .
Roy Hodgson has said he expects to lose players ahead of Lithuania friendly . Raheem Sterling is one of the players who will be given time off . Sterling is recovering from a toe injury but can play against Italy .