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Phil Jones has two weeks to prove he is fit enough to go to the World Cup.

The Manchester United utility player has a shoulder problem, and Everton’s uncapped teenager John Stones will be named by England manager Roy Hodgson on Monday as Jones’ potential replacement.

Jones - along with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who has a groin injury - will have two weeks to prove their fitness to Hodgson and his medical team.

A final decision will be made at the end of England’s training camp in Portugal in a fortnight.

Hodgson names the 23-man squad at 2pm Monday at the HQ of England sponsors Vauxhall in Luton.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has given positive reports on Oxlade-Chamberlain’s fitness and also cleared Jack Wilshere – who came on as a substitute against Norwich on Sunday – to be in the 23 man squad.

Hodgson’s assistant Ray Lewington went to Spurs on Sunday to check on Kyle Walker but his prospects of recovering from a pelvic problem are bleak. England are confident Phil Jagielka will be fit,

Hodgson has settled on Joe Hart, Ben Foster and Celtic’s Fraser Forster as his three keepers.

Meanwhile, Rickie Lambert will complete one of the great England fairy stories in the next 24 hours by being named as one of Hodgson’s World Cup virgin solders at the age of 32.

Southampton striker Lambert only made his England debut in August after his rags to riches rise from a beetroot factory to the Premier League.

And while Lambert’s goals against Scotland and Moldova were followed by a dose of hard reality as he was overtaken by Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge, he is expected to see off the challenge of Andy Carroll and be named in Hodgson’s 23 for Brazil.

Hodgson was at St Mary’s on Sunday to see Lambert score his 13th Premier League goal of the season against Manchester United.

Lambert was among six squad contenders, along with Saints team-mates Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana and United’s Chris Smalling, Michael Carrick and Danny Welbeck, in action.

But Hodgson left before the end of the game, meaning he had no chance to give any of his potential players a steer, before he began a round of calls with his scouts and staff on the way back to London.

The Three Lions boss is due to arrive at Wembley at around 8am this morning to start sifting through the final fitness reports on his World Cup wannabes.

Hodgson, along with assistants Ray Lewington and Gary Neville, and the England medical staff, wants to know exactly what condition Kyle Walker, Jones, Jagielka, Wilshere, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Wayne Rooney are in.

The England boss has had the bulk of his squad in his mind for weeks, the injuries to Theo Walcott and Jay Rodriguez clarifying his position and he is likely to name a squad including as few as six players who have tasted World Cup action.

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Hodgson has also had to balance the potential offered by Everton’s Ross Barkley witnessed first-hand by the England chief when he scored that brilliant goal against Manchester City last weekend with the fears the Everton rookie might be burned out after his first full top flight campaign.

If Walker is ruled out with his pelvic injury, then the versatility of both Jones and Smalling will allow Hodgson to pick an extra midfielder, with novice Barkley included alongside 35-year-old veteran Frank Lampard.

But United’s dismal season is set to take its toll, with Tom Cleverley, Carrick and Ashley Young all set for a place on the stand-by list, which is likely to include Liverpool defender Jon Flanagan, at best.

The England hierarchy have, though, considered taking an extra front-man, which could hand a final tournament chance to Jermain Defoe, although Barkley’s sparkling display last week may have earned him the last berth at the expense of the Canadian-based former Spurs man.

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Hodgson plans to take only the chosen 23 to the base-camp in Portugal which begins next Monday, with the standby players on individual training regimes at their clubs.

But with so many fitness clouds hanging over his preferred players, there could be as many as four changes by the time the England boss intends to confirm his World Cup squad after the farewell friendly with Peru at Wembley on May 30.

The likely squad's form and fitness

GOALKEEPERS

Joe Hart Fitness: Fine. Form: Back to his best.

Ben Foster Fitness: No problems. Form: West Brom's player of the year.

Fraser Forster Fitness: No problem. Form: Rock in Celtic’s defence.

DEFENCE

Glen Johnson Fitness: Fine since February Form: Struggled lately.

Gary Cahill Fitness. Rested yesterday. Form: Superb season.

Phil Jagielka Fitness: Fully fit Form: A worryingly error-strewn display at Hull.

Leighton Baines Fitness: Top condition. Form: Hardly ever lets his team down.

Phil Jones Fitness: Out with injured shoulder. Form: Patchy, like his club

Chris Smalling Fitness: No pressing concerns. Form: Mixed, but was OK on Sunday.

Luke Shaw Fitness: Impeccable. Form: Has been key to Southampton's stunning season.

MIDFIELD

Steven Gerrard Fitness: Best in years Form: Composed as ever

Raheem Sterling Fitness: Full of energy Form: Best Liverpool player

Jordan Henderson Fitness: Rest through suspension Form: Feeling way back

James Milner Fitness: No problems. Form: Has been playing well.

Frank Lampard Fitness: Sicknote on Sunday. Form: Sparingly used

Adam Lallana Fitness: Plenty of gas in tank. Form: Ebullient, best of his career.

Ross Barkley Fitness: Was rested on Sunday. Form: Looking good.

Jack Wilshere Fitness: Suspect. Form: Not tested recently.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Fitness: Doubtful. Form: Recently? None.

ATTACK

Daniel Sturridge Fitness: Back in action after hamstring problem. Form: Sketchy

Wayne Rooney Fitness: Minor groin problem, rested. Form: Mainly fine.

Rickie Lambert Fitness: Firing on all cylinders. Form: 14 club goals this season.

Danny Welbeck Fitness: Came through the run-in unscathed. Form: Mixed bag.