The Blues midfielder, currently sidelined with an Achilles injury, has been named in Mark Hughes' 28-man squad for the games in Moscow on 15th November and the return leg in Cardiff on 19th November to decide which one of the two nations will make it to the finals in Portugal next year.
Full Squad: Paul Jones (Southampton), Mark Crossley (Fulham), Darren Ward (Nottingham Forest), Danny Coyne (Leicester), Darren Barnard (Grimsby), Nathan Blake (Wolves), Simon Davies (Tottenham), Mark Delaney (Aston Villa), Robert Earnshaw (Cardiff), Rob Edwards (Aston Villa), Danny Gabbidon (Cardiff), Ryan Giggs (Man Utd), John Hartson (Celtic), Andy Johnson (WBA), Jason Koumas (WBA), Andy Melville (Fulham), John Oster (Sunderland), Robert Page (Sheffield United), Mark Pembridge (Fulham), Neil Roberts (Wigan), Carl Robinson (Portsmouth), Robbie Savage (Birmingham City), Gary Speed (Newcastle), Kit Symons (Crystal Palace), Gareth Taylor (Nottingham Forest), Paul Trollope (Northampton), David Vaughan (Crewe), Adrian Williams (Reading).
