England manager Fabio Capello called up uncapped Aston Villa defender Kyle Walker and Fulham goalkeeper David Stockdale for Wednesday’s friendly against Denmark in Copenhagen.

Tottenham’s Michael Dawson returns to the squad following his injury last year suffered against Bulgaria at Wembley, while there is also a place for Everton’s Leighton Baines.

But Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand was missing from the 25-man squad after injuring his calf in the warm-up before Saturday’s shock 2-1 defeat at Wolves.

Walker, who is just 20, has excelled in loan spells with both QPR and Aston Villa after Spurs boss Harry Redknapp decided there was no short-term use for the Sheffield-born player at his parent club Tottenham.

Stockdale was also called into the squad for the first time, although his role is very much as back-up to first-choice pair Joe Hart and Ben Foster.

Frank Lampard also returns for the first time since August and there is also a call-up for highly-rated West Ham midfielder Scott Parker, who made Capello’s provisional World Cup squad but was dumped without playing a minute of the warm-up matches against Mexico or Japan.

There is no place for Cardiff’s Jay Bothroyd, who made his debut against France in November, while Jack Wilshere is the only one of the youngsters Capello used in that game to survive.

Wilshere has been tipped to fill the midfield holding role ahead of Gareth Barry.

The squad
Goalkeepers: Foster (Birmingham), Hart (Man. City), Stockdale (Fulham).
Defenders: Baines (Everton), Cahill (Bolton), Cole (Chelsea), Dawson (Tottenham), Johnson (Liverpool), Lescott (Man. City), Terry (Chelsea), Walker (Aston Villa).
Midfielders: Barry (Man. City), Downing (Aston Villa), Gerrard (Liverpool), Lampard (Chelsea), Milner (Man. City), Parker (West Ham), Walcott (Arsenal), Wilshere (Arsenal), Young (Aston Villa).
Attackers: Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Bent (Aston Villa), Crouch (Tottenham), Defoe (Tottenham), Rooney (Man. Utd).