Capello plans experimental England side against MexicoEngland manager Fabio Capello will field an unfamiliar side for his side's final World Cup warm-up match on home soil against Mexico on Monday.
Portsmouth's David James and Chelsea quartet Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and John Terry, who all played in last week's FA Cup final, miss out.
"I will experiment against Mexico," confirmed Capello.
The Italian said he may use Wayne Rooney as a lone striker and is also pondering a switch to a 3-5-2 system.
"We have never played it, but it is possible it will be good," he said.
"It will depend on which game, which moment, which score - it will depend on a lot of different things."
One of those factors is certain to be the fitness of Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry who picked up an ankle injury in his side's penultimate game of the season against Tottenham on 5 May.
The 29-year-old, who has proved to be a favourite of Capello's as a holding midfielder, was initially ruled out for four weeks with England's first match against the United States on 12 June coming soon after his expected recovery.
Capello confirmed that Barry's progress will be checked again on Monday.
Barry's absence against Mexico will rob England of one regular member of their starting line-up, and the side is likely to feature other relatively unfamiliar faces following Capello's decision to omit all five players who featured in the FA Cup final.
"The Chelsea players and David James will not play," said Capello.
"I needed them to train to check their physical situation."
The quintet, who were given three days off after the Wembley showpiece, which Chelsea won 1-0, only joined England's altitude training camp in Austria on Wednesday.
Capello has already confirmed that Manchester City keeper Joe Hart, who has impressed during a season-long loan at Birmingham, will win his second England cap, most likely as a second-half substitute for West Ham's Robert Green.
Five other substitutes are allowed during the game and Capello is expected to test the fitness of centre-backs Rio Ferdinand and Ledley King, while winger Adam Johnson and defender Michael Dawson could make their England debuts.
Rooney, who has recovered from a groin injury, looks set to be used as a lone striker against a Mexico side who are also fine-tuning for the World Cup.
"It is important to see how some of these perform on the pitch," said Capello.
"Rooney always wants to play.
"If I tell him no he says 'I want to play, I want to train, why do you substitute me?, I want to score'.
"It is good because he is positive to be around and he is an example to the other players."
Capello said he has all but decided which 23 players he will take to the World Cup, although he is still concerned about players picking up injuries in the final two warm-up games.
"In my mind I know more I less the names of the players who will be with me," he said.
"But we have to wait because I do not know which players will be injured."
England also have a friendly against Japan on 30 May in Graz, before he selects his final squad by 1 June.
The squad will then fly back to England before heading out to South Africa on 2 June.
One factor that is not concerning Capello is the much-criticised Wembley surface on which Monday's match will be played.
Chelsea captain John Terry claimed the pitch "ruined" the FA Cup final against Portsmouth on 15 May, but Capello felt it was a huge improvement compared to the surface for the tournament's semi-finals.
"The pitch for the FA Cup final was not perfect but I was happy because the players didn't slip," he said.
"The most important thing is that the players don't slip like they did in the Tottenham-Portsmouth FA Cup semi-final. That was terrible."
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