Gareth Southgate set to name England squad on Thursday

Image: Harry Kane (R) will miss England's games with Germany and Lithuania while Wayne Rooney has been struggling with injury recently

Gareth Southgate has question marks over several strikers as he prepares to name his latest England squad on Thursday.

Southgate is approaching his first games as full-time manager, a friendly in Germany next Wednesday followed by a World Cup Qualifier against Lithuania three days later at Wembley.

But his selection has been complicated by a number of injuries to his regular forwards, none more so than Harry Kane suffering ankle ligament damage.

Tottenham are hopeful Kane's injury is not as bad as a similar one which kept him out for 10 games in the autumn, but the Premier League's joint-top scorer does not yet have a timescale for his recovery.

Captain Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge are both currently sidelined, and the latter has not played since February 4 due to illness and a knee injury.

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Image: Daniel Sturridge has not played for Liverpool since February 4

West Ham's Andy Carroll only recently returned from a month out, while Danny Welbeck has missed Arsenal's past two games through illness and has been used sparingly since his comeback from a long-term knee injury.

Kane is the only Englishman to have scored more Premier League goals this season than Jermain Defoe, but Sunderland's 34-year-old last played for his country in November 2013.

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Elsewhere Southgate's most obvious absentees are Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson and Spurs left-back Danny Rose.

Stay tuned to Sky Sports digital services on Thursday around 2pm to hear details of Southgate's England squad.

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