Late fitness worries for England

The England camp has been hit by a late injury scare as it prepares for tomorrow afternoon's Glasgow encounter with Scotland in their Euro 2000 play-off.

Defenders Sol Campbell and Martin Keown did not join the squad for training today after they arrived to prepare at the Hampden Park venue for tomorrow night's first leg of the play-off.

Both defenders have been nursing injuries with Campbell only four games into a comeback for Tottenham that has seen him miss the first three months of the season. Although the central defender performed well last week in the derby game with Arsenal he has not felt well all week as the months of inactivity catch up with the 23 year old and he starts to miss match fitness. Also giving some concern to the England camp is veteran centre back Martin Keown who has missed several training session this week.

England's options at the back are limited with Keegan picking the two hard tackling defenders to help his 2-5-3 formation which may now be abandoned. The loss of Campbell or Keown would mean defensive cover in a three man unit was very light and a late change of tactics may be considered.