Raheem Sterling is on course to sit out England’s World Cup Group G game against Panama after manager Gareth Southgate’s plans appeared to be accidentally leaked by his assistant, Steve Holland.

Pictures emerged of the projected team for Sunday’s clash in Nizhny Novgorod being carried by Holland at training in Repino on Thursday.

The line-up shows Ruben Loftus-Cheek in for injured Dele Alli, who did not train because of his thigh strain, and Marcus Rashford up front alongside Harry Kane.

That would mean Sterling, who was replaced by Rashford and was criticised for his performance against Tunisia in the opening game, starting against Panama on the substitutes’ bench.

Southgate had been considering rotating his team to bring in Rashford for the Panama match, even before the victory over Tunisia, but there have been concerns over how dropping Sterling might affect his confidence.