Jones Awaiting Scans On Toe Injury

Manchester United are waiting on news of defender Phil Jones after he suffered an apparent toe injury in a training-ground tackle with Chris Smalling while with the England squad.

The 25-year-old will miss the friendly against Germany on Wednesday and the World Cup Qualifier against Lithuania on Sunday as a result of the injury and was released back to United for treatment on the injury.

England also confirmed that there were no immediate plans to call up a replacement for Jones and manager Gareth Southgate would assess his defensive options with centre-back Gary Cahill suspended for the match against Lithuania at Wembley.

When asked about the severity of the injury, Southgate said: "Well, we don't know. We didn't feel it was an injury that we could treat and have him ready for the game tomorrow.

"So, we have to respectfully send him back to the club and we'll know more once he has had a scan or an X-ray.

"It was an innocuous tackle and he caught the bottom of somebody's foot, so it's a possible injury to his toe. As I say, we'll know more over the next 24 to 48 hours."

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