LONDON, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Manchester City defender John Stones has withdrawn from the England squad for the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers due to injury.
Stones has started all three of City's Premier League matches this season, but England manager Thomas Tuchel confirmed the 31-year-old reported to camp with a "muscular issue" that has not improved, and said he did not want to take any risks.
"He came with minor issues and didn't progress as we thought and hoped he would, so he left camp this morning," Tuchel said. "Everyone else is available. We had 21 players yesterday in training and 21 players today in training and hopefully make sure everyone is available for tomorrow."
England face Andorra at Villa Park on Saturday before traveling to Serbia on Tuesday. ■
