Theo Walcott Infected by Mysterious Virus.

England manager, Roy Hodgson had raised an alarm over a mysterious virus haunting his players after Theo Walcott and Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge were infected and fell sick. Both had since been sent home to take care of themselves and would miss Tuesday night's World Cup Qualifier against Ukraine.

‘Theo has picked up some sort of virus, he was quite violently ill last night,’ said Hodgson.


‘Daniel trained yesterday with stomach cramps but today woke up with the same stomach cramps, and the doctor advised us to keep him out of training and see how things are.

‘The doctor is quite confident he will be okay, though.

‘I can only hope nothing is going round the squad, that was why we were quite keen to get Theo home as soon as possible and also keep Daniel away from the squad.

‘I have to hope it's just an isolated case with the two players.’

John Terry is also suffering from an ankle injury and would also miss tomorrow's game. Some young players had been brought in as cover for the injured ones but Hodgson says they might no necessarily make an impact in tomorrow's game as he just wants them to gain some experience at international level.

 

‘It was a good opportunity to invite some young players to come in and be part of the atmosphere," he said.

 

‘We still have enough good players to be able to deal with the game, but it's always good when you have the chance to invite these players to come in and see how things are.’