England manager Roy Hodgson fears he may have to play a vastly weakened side in next Tuesday 's friendly against Italy , with more players set to drop out of his squad once the Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania has been played . Daniel Sturridge , Adam Lallana , Fraser Forster and Luke Shaw have all been forced to withdraw through injury already while Michael Carrick and Fabian Delph were unable to play a full part in training on Tuesday . And Hodgson expects to lose even more players in what is one of his most-significantly weakened England squads in recent memory . Roy Hodgson fears he could lose even more members of his England squad to injury in the coming days . The England manager already has a long list of absentees but could see more ahead of facing Italy . Hodgson oversaw training with the squad at St George 's Park on Tuesday ahead of the two upcoming games . The Three Lions fly to Turin on Monday following Friday night 's game against Lithuania at Wembley , but they could be missing even more players by the time they come to face the side they were beaten by in their World Cup opener last summer . 'Apart from all those players that I ’ ve suggested or have said aren ’ t here through injury I fear we ’ re going to lose a few more , ' Hodgson said . 'There ’ s one or two that I know won ’ 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 won ’ t be as strong a team as I maybe would have liked to put out . 'In England , unfortunately you 're always judged harshly and you 're in the spotlight because everyone wants England to do well and believes we can do well . 'We ’ ll accept that but as far as I ’ m concerned it ’ s still the qualifiers that I put top of my list of priorities even though on paper Italy are a strong team to play than Lithuania . ' Daniel Sturridge scored for Liverpool at the weekend but has been ruled out for England with a hip problem . Adam Lallana is another Liverpool and England player struggling with injury - he pulled out with groin trouble . Fraser Forster was in significant pain after picking up an injury for Southampton and also withdrew . Luke Shaw is another absentee for Hodgson , pulling out with an ankle problem ahead of the Lithuania game . Hodgson has been frustrated to see so many players absent from this selection but admits his luck with injuries of late may be coming back to bite him . 'We ’ ve been a bit unlucky on this occasion , it ’ s unusual , ' he told talkSPORT . 'We ’ ve been very lucky most of the times we ’ ve got squads together that we haven ’ t lost a lot of players . This time to lose the two goalkeepers ( Forster and Ben Foster ) for example is an incredible blow . To lose people like ( Jack ) Wilshere , Lallana , ( Alex ) Oxlade-Chamberlain , Sturridge , all of whom you think are very important players in the year to come , to lose them all ahead of a qualifier that ’ s been a bit hard to take . 'But I still think theres enough good ones out there , so I still think we can get 11 good players on the field . ' Michael Carrick was unable to take part in a full training session with the rest of the squad on Tuesday . Fabian Delph ( bottom ) has only just joined up with England after suffering from sickness of late . England have taken a maximum 12 points from their four games in qualifying group E so far , marking an impressive turnaround since the summer 's embarrassing World Cup group stage exit which came without a win from games against Italy , Uruguay and Costa Rica . But Hodgson is not getting carried away with the momentum his side appear to be building up ahead of next summer 's tournament in France that they look dead-certs to qualify for . 'You ’ re always pleased when you ’ re winning but I think we ’ re also trying to keep our feet on the ground , ' he said . 'We 've been benefiting from a group which is n't the toughest of the groups . There ’ s lots of very , very difficult games ahead and we realise also that everything we 're doing at the moment is going to be truly judged in 2016 . '
Daniel Sturridge thinks England will lose more players to injury soon . He has identified one or two likely to pull out ahead of Italy friendly . Roy Hodgson , Adam Lallana , Fraser Forster and Luke Shaw have all already pulled out with other players struggling during training . England face Lithuania before flying to Turin for Tuesday 's game .