• Liverpool's Martin Kelly called up as Cahill's replacement
• John Terry passed as fit after hamstring scare
The England defender Gary Cahill has been ruled out of Euro 2012 with a double fracture of his jaw. Liverpool's Martin Kelly has been called up as his replacement, the Football Association have confirmed. John Terry, who suffered a hamstring strain during Saturday's match against Belgium, has been passed as fit.
Cahill suffered the injury when he was pushed into the goalkeeper Joe Hart during the first half of the 1-0 win at Wembley. He was immediately sent for X-rays, although Hodgson feared the worst and that has now been realised.
It completes a disastrous week for England, who have now lost three players after the central midfield duo Gareth Barry and Frank Lampard had their hopes of taking part in the finals in Poland and Ukraine dashed by injury.
The one piece of good news for Hodgson is that Terry should be available after scans showed he had suffered no serious damage to his hamstring.
An FA statement released on Sunday afternoon read: "Gary Cahill has been withdrawn from England's Euro 2012 squad following the injury he suffered in the match against Belgium.
"The Chelsea defender has two fractures of his jaw, one either side. The England medical team have been in close contact overnight with Cahill's club doctors who will treat him moving forward.
"Liverpool defender Martin Kelly will be called into the squad - subject to agreement from Uefa's medical team. Kelly trained with the England players last week and was part of the group that travelled to Norway.
"John Terry has been scanned this morning and given the all-clear. He will be re-assessed on Tuesday when the team regroup."
It is understood Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand was not contacted as a potential replacement, with Hodgson believing Kelly, who last week travelled with the England party to Norway, where he made his international debut as a late substitute, would need less time to get fully fit.
The wisdom of that decision is bound to be questioned, particularly as Hodgson has lost so much experience. Certainly it is even less likely than before that Ferdinand will play for his country again, something Sir Alex Ferguson might welcome if no one else.
It also means England will have to revise their plans for the Group D opener against France in Donetsk on 11 June, when Cahill was expected to partner Terry. The former Bolton man was replaced at Wembley yesterday by Joleon Lescott, who many felt was deserving of a starting berth anyway thanks to his superb performances in Manchester City's title-winning campaign.
Phil Jagielka, himself called up from the standby list after Barry was ruled out with a stomach strain, is the alternative, with Manchester United's Phil Jones presumably now acting as fourth choice in his favoured central position.
The headache emphasises why Hodgson was astute in his assessment of the Cahill incident, which was triggered by a needless push from Belgium winger Dries Mertens.
"I wasn't too happy about it (the challenge)," said Hodgson after Saturday's game. "Unfortunate is too kind a word. When a striker is chasing a defender who is feeding a ball to the goalkeeper, those nudges and pushes take the defender into the goalkeeper. It is something if you have been a goalkeeper you take very unkindly to. The referee gave him a yellow card, which he deserved. Unfortunately for us, the consequences might be a lot more than a yellow card because a fracture is a distinct possibility."
Including the Norwich keeper John Ruddy, who broke a finger on only the second day of training, Hodgson has now lost almost a fifth of his original squad. It is hardly the best backdrop to his first major tournament as the England manager, for which he was given only six weeks' notice in the first place.
Hodgson probably will not breathe easily until Terry, Danny Welbeck, Steven Gerrard and Scott Parker have been assessed on Tuesday for minor niggles, although it is not envisaged England will have to make any further changes before they leave for their tournament base in Krakow on Wednesday afternoon.
England's Euro 2012 bad news bulletin
2011:
7 October: Wayne Rooney is sent off for kicking out at Miodrag Dzudovic in England's qualifying match against Montenegro. England win 2-1.
13 October: Uefa announce Rooney will miss the next three competitive matches, ruling him out of all group stage games at the European Championship. On appeal, the ban is cut to two games.
21 December: England's captain John Terry is charged with racially abusing Anton Ferdinand by the Crown Prosecution Service, following an incident in the match between Chelsea and QPR on 23 October. Terry denies the charge.
2012:
3 February: The Football Association strip Terry of the England captaincy pending the outcome of his trial in July.
8 February: Fabio Capello resigns as the England manager after Terry is removed as captain.
16 April: After missing out all season for Arsenal due to injury, the midfielder Jack Wilshere is "devastated" after being ruled out of Euro 2012.
1 May: The FA leave it late to appoint a new manager, with Roy Hodgson given just 40 days to prepare his side before the tournament begins.
16 May: Hodgson names his England squad, with the right-back Kyle Walker missing the tournament through injury and Rio Ferdinand left out.
25 May: The third-choice goalkeeper John Ruddy breaks his finger in training and is ruled out of the tournament. Nineteen-year-old Jack Butland of Birmingham replaces him.
28 May: The midfielder Gareth Barry is another casualty after suffering a groin injury in the pre-tournament friendly against Norway. He is replaced by Everton's Phil Jagielka.
31 May: Jordan Henderson is drafted in by Hodgson after the experienced midfielder Frank Lampard is ruled out with a thigh injury he sustained in training.
3 June: The defender Gary Cahill is ruled out after suffering a double fracture of his jaw following a collision with the goalkeeper Joe Hart during the 1-0 win over Belgium. Read More
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