1.  He returned because Vogts could not find a reliable second striker to go with Klinsmann.

2.  Second striker Fredi Bobic also went out with a dislocated shoulder and is doubtful against England.

3.  Takahara is the second Japanese striker to be released by an overseas club in the last month.

4.  Team chief Rudi Voeller has indicated that Klose will start, but he has declined to reveal his thinking on the second striker.

5.  The Germans are not revealing who will be their second striker alongside Miroslav Klose.

6.  Venison, for Ince, and Barnes, for Beardsley, are injury-enforced changes while Dennis Wise drops out to make space for the second striker.