O'Neill shuffles pack

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Stand-in skipper Gareth Barry, Brad Friedel, Emile Heskey, Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Carlos Cuellar and Stiliyan Petrov are all excluded from the 19-man party announced on Tuesday by the former Celtic boss.

Luke Young, Curtis Davies, Zat Knight and John Carew are amongst the few experienced players in the squad.

Youngsters such as Elliott Parish, Eric Lichaj, Ciaran Clark, Shane Lowry, Barry Bannan and Mark Albrighton are included.

O'Neill has made it clear that securing a Champions League spot via a top-four finish in the Barclays Premier League is his priority.

He said: "We have a couple of players carrying injuries and a couple of others who I believe need resting for the important final third of the season."

Cuellar has been troubled by a hamstring injury and O'Neill indicated at the weekend he would not travel for fear of making the problem worse on a plastic pitch.

Heskey only returned to action against Chelsea at the weekend after aggravating an Achilles injury while on England duty in Spain.