Uncapped Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason has been called up to the England squad for the first time.

The Football Association (FA) announced yesterday that Mason, 23, had been drafted into the national squad for the upcoming games against Lithuania and Italy as Fabian Delph is struggling with illness and Adam Lallana has been ruled out through injury.

Aston Villa midfielder Delph is suffering from a stomach bug and Lallana has pulled out of the double-header after he sustained a groin injury in Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.

Lallana was substituted at half-time during Sunday’s game at Anfield and did not meet with the rest of his international team-mates at St George’s Park yesterday afternoon.

Reports had suggested his Liverpool team-mate Daniel Sturridge was struggling with a hip injury, but he joined the squad in Burton and there was no mention of the striker in the statement the FA issued.

“Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Ryan Mason has been drafted into Roy Hodgson’s England squad,” the FA said.

“The inclusion of the 23-year-old follows the withdrawal of Liverpool’s Adam Lallana through injury.

“Lallana wasn’t the only absentee as the senior squad gathered at St. George’s Park. Aston Villa’s Fabian Delph remained at home with a sickness bug.”