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DOWNINGHAMMERtewart Downing was any absentee as England trained ahead of Saturday’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia.

The Hammers top man was rested as a precaution by head coach Roy Hodgson  but is expected to be available for the Wembley clash.

The England boss lost midfielders former Hammer Michael Carrick and Andros Townsend to injury earlier this week, had no other squad members sitting out the final session at St George’s Park on Friday before the team head for Londonl.

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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