Gerrard heads England absentees
Steven Gerrard has been ruled out of England's friendly with Germany on Wednesday because of a torn leg muscle.
The Liverpool midfielder picked up the injury in Saturday's 2-0 win at Bolton and will be out for seven to 10 days.
Manchester United pair Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand are missing with calf and back injuries, respectively, while captain John Terry is also a doubt.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart is also out after suffering an ankle injury in Manchester City's draw at Hull on Sunday.
Hart had to be withdrawn after colliding with Hull striker Daniel Cousin as he put the visitors ahead. He will be sidelined for up to four weeks.
Chelsea defender Michael Mancienne was a surprise inclusion in Fabio Capello's squad, which excluded David Beckham.
The 33-year-old LA Galaxy midfielder, who has not played since the Major League Soccer season finished on 26 October, will therefore have to wait for his chance to equal Bobby Moore's tally of 108 caps.
Capello has made it clear he will only pick players who are playing regularly and Beckham will be inactive until he joins Italian side AC Milan on loan in January.
The loss of Gerrard is a further blow for Capello who already has to deal with a depleted squad for the trip to Berlin.
The England vice-captain played the full 90 minutes at the Reebok Stadium, but Liverpool spokesman Ian Cotton confirmed the extent of his injury: "Steven picked up an injury in yesterday's game at Bolton.
"A scan this morning has confirmed a tear in the adductor magnus muscle in his right leg, and he is expected to be out between seven to 10 days."
Ferdinand and Rooney both missed Manchester United's 5-0 drubbing of Stoke and leave Capello with shortages in defence and attack.
Ferdinand's England centre-back partner Terry is included despite picking up an injury during the Blues' 3-0 win at West Brom on Saturday.
Should his injury worsen in the coming days, Capello will go to Berlin without his entire first-choice defence and strikeforce.
Terry will have a scan on Sunday and Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari said: "The doctor told me that John needs to go to the hospital tomorrow (Sunday) for a scan.
Mancienne has impressed playing for Championship leaders Wolves
Mancienne, who joined Wolves on a three-month loan deal in October, said the call-up had been unexpected.
"It's a great honour," he told Wolves's website: "I was expecting to join up with the under-21s and my head was focused on that but this is obviously great news.
"It's a great game to be picked for and just to be in and around the squad will be superb."
Mancienne, who is yet to play for the Chelsea first team, joins uncapped Aston Villa duo Curtis Davies, 23 and Gabriel Agbonlahor, 22, in a youthful England setup.
Martin O'Neill's team have four representatives in all, with Ashley Young and Gareth Barry completing the Villa quartet.
Chelsea team-mates Ashley and Joe Cole are missing with hamstring injuries, Manchester United defender Wes Brown is also missing as is Wigan striker Emile Heskey.
Despite the injuries to Heskey and Rooney, Capello has opted not to recall striker Michael Owen, who scored for Newcastle in their draw with Wigan on Saturday.
However, Spurs striker Bent, revitalised under new boss Harry Redknapp, earns a recall, while Manchester City's Joe Hart and Micah Richards also return.
The Manchester City pair, team-mate Shaun Wright-Phillips, plus Joleon Lescott and Stewart Downing must all come through Premier League fixtures for their clubs on Sunday first.
Capello said he will take a careful look at the youngsters in his new-look England squad in the international friendly at the Olympic Stadium, home of Hertha Berlin.
"Our opponents Germany are always a very strong team, and when they play at home even more so," he said.
"Everyone has told me that it is not a friendly game against Germany, but I think this will be a friendly game. We will do some experiments and after this game I will know better some different players."
England squad to play Germany: Carson, Hart, James, Bridge, Davies, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Mancienne, Richards, Upson, Barry, Carrick, Downing, Lampard, Wright-Phillips, A Young, Agbonlahor, Bent, Crouch, Defoe, Walcott.
