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Jonathan Woodgate, Scott Parker, Jimmy Bullard and Kevin Nolan have all seen their international hopes boosted by coach Steve McClaren.
The quartet have all been named by McClaren as contenders for his future squads - which will be a huge boost to each of them.
Woodgate and Parker are both capped already but have not been involved for a number of seasons, whilst Nolan and Bullard have been outstanding in The Premiership over the past 12 months.
McClaren was talking at a Fifa conference in Berlin, where he also confirmed that the door was not shut for the likes of Portsmouth duo David James and Sol Campbell.
"We've got a squad but there's no way we are not looking outside," stated McClaren.
"I'll never close the door on anybody, and David James and Sol Campbell are two examples.
"To get in the England team you have to perform well at your clubs, you get recognition, you may get an opportunity.
"We are looking at a lot of other players outside of the squad. The likes of James, Campbell - they are not discarded. Ledley King has come back to fitness, Woodgate has joined Boro and did well on Saturday.
"We are also looking at the likes of Scott Parker, Bullard and Kevin Nolan.
"These players who may be off the radar at the moment, believe you me, we are keeping an eye on them. We are watching them every game because the squad we have in two years may not be the squad we have now.
"There is opportunity for the players to emerge and come through or to come back in."
McClaren, himself a club manager with Middlesbrough until this summer, also revealed his desire not bring about any club-versus-country rows.
"There's no way I want conflict but I am sure that will arise because circumstances will dictate that, but we are working very closely to get better relations with the clubs in every aspect," he said.
"I have been very fortunate in that I have experienced both sides. I know the disputes between club and country.
"What I want to do is to make sure we communicate better with the clubs so that we work alongside each other.
"The last thing I want to do is take a player who is injured from a club and make him worse.
"We have to work in parallel with each other, not just managers and coaches but also the medical staff at the FA and the clubs because it is the welfare of the player that we are all interested in.
"I understand club managers and their concerns but I also understand from an international point of view that we need our best players."
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That's a kick in the nuts for Bullard.
Finding out you're near the England squad that same day you find out you've got ligament damage. 
The quartet have all been named by McClaren as contenders for his future squads - which will be a huge boost to each of them.
Woodgate and Parker are both capped already but have not been involved for a number of seasons, whilst Nolan and Bullard have been outstanding in The Premiership over the past 12 months.
McClaren was talking at a Fifa conference in Berlin, where he also confirmed that the door was not shut for the likes of Portsmouth duo David James and Sol Campbell.
"We've got a squad but there's no way we are not looking outside," stated McClaren.
"I'll never close the door on anybody, and David James and Sol Campbell are two examples.
"To get in the England team you have to perform well at your clubs, you get recognition, you may get an opportunity.
"We are looking at a lot of other players outside of the squad. The likes of James, Campbell - they are not discarded. Ledley King has come back to fitness, Woodgate has joined Boro and did well on Saturday.
"We are also looking at the likes of Scott Parker, Bullard and Kevin Nolan.
"These players who may be off the radar at the moment, believe you me, we are keeping an eye on them. We are watching them every game because the squad we have in two years may not be the squad we have now.
"There is opportunity for the players to emerge and come through or to come back in."
McClaren, himself a club manager with Middlesbrough until this summer, also revealed his desire not bring about any club-versus-country rows.
"There's no way I want conflict but I am sure that will arise because circumstances will dictate that, but we are working very closely to get better relations with the clubs in every aspect," he said.
"I have been very fortunate in that I have experienced both sides. I know the disputes between club and country.
"What I want to do is to make sure we communicate better with the clubs so that we work alongside each other.
"The last thing I want to do is take a player who is injured from a club and make him worse.
"We have to work in parallel with each other, not just managers and coaches but also the medical staff at the FA and the clubs because it is the welfare of the player that we are all interested in.
"I understand club managers and their concerns but I also understand from an international point of view that we need our best players."
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That's a kick in the nuts for Bullard.
Finding out you're near the England squad that same day you find out you've got ligament damage. 
