Darius in England get-together squad

Barry has been in great form of late and team-mate Marcus Allback said: "If I had Sven's telephone number, I would ring him right now and tell him to pick Gareth"

However, Barry has instead been named in David Platt’s England Under-21 squad as have Jlloyd Samuel, Peter Crouch and keeper Boaz Myhill.

Full England squad for the get-together on November 18th to 20th:

Seaman (Arsenal), James (West Ham), Robinson (Leeds), G Neville (Man Utd), Mills (Leeds), Ferdinand (Man Utd), Woodgate (Leeds), Campbell (Arsenal), Southgate (Middlesbrough), Cole (Arsenal), Bridge (Southampton), Beckham (Man Utd), Butt (Man Utd), Gerrard (Liverpool), Scholes (Man Utd), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Dyer (Newcastle), Thompson (Blackburn), Murphy (Liverpool), Sinclair (West Ham), Lampard (Chelsea), Greening (Middlesbrough), Smith (Leeds), Heskey (Liverpool), Owen (Liverpool), Vassell (Aston Villa).

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