RYAN Bertrand was forced to miss training on the eve of Roy Hodgson naming his final 23-man squad for Euro 2016.

The Saints left back was said to be receiving treatment on an unspecified knock.

Daniel Sturridge made a timely return to England training. Fitness concerns led the Three Lions boss to name an enlarged 26-strong provisional party two weeks ago, with the squad now needing to be whittled down by three.

Fabian Delph has already dropped out due to a groin complaint and Hodgson has until the end of today to finalise his 23-man squad for France, with the decision on the pair missing out to come after training at Watford’s London Colney base.

The England manager had planned to announce his decision over the weekend in the wake of Friday’s friendly against Australia, but a change in tack will instead see him wait for the day of the deadline, leading to the media’s player access on Monday being scrapped.

Sturridge’s absence in the 2-1 win at the Stadium of Light looks to have played a key role in the decision to hold fire, with the oft-injured Liverpool striker sustaining a calf strain during the Europa League final loss to Sevilla.

Questions over the 26-year-old’s place in the squad were compounded by 18-year-old Marcus Rashford’s goalscoring debut, but the former Chelsea striker worked over the weekend and trained with the group on Monday, when Hodgson always expected to have a better idea about his availability.

“We’ll make a reassessment on Monday but I don’t think personally at the moment that it is going to be such a major problem,” Hodgson said after the win in Sunderland.

“I am hoping on Monday he’ll be fit and he’ll also be throwing his hat into the ring for one of those places.”

Asked if Sturridge has got to be fit for when the squad is named on Tuesday or instead for England’s Euro 2016 opener against Russia on June 11, Hodgson said: “He has been fit for a while now."