Stoke City goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen has been named in Denmark's provisional World Cup squad despite the fact he has a serious elbow injury.
The 33-year old suffered a dislocated elbow in the Potters' 7-0 loss to Chelsea on April 25 and it was initially feared that he would miss the World Cup but Danish boss Morten Olsen has included him in case he makes a swift recovery ahead of the finals in South Africa next month.
Sorensen was joined by fellow Premier League stars Daniel Agger of Liverpool, Blackburn's Lars Jacobsen and Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner.
Denmark take on Holland, Japan and Cameroon in Group E.
26-man Denmark provisional squad
Goalkeepers
Jesper Christiansen (FC Copenhagen) Kim Christensen (IFK Gothenburg) Stephan Andersen (Brondby) Thomas Sorensen (Stoke City)
Defenders
Daniel Agger (Liverpool) Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn) Patrick Mtiliga (Malaga) Per Kroldrup (Fiorentina) Simon Busk Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar) Simon Kjaer (Palermo) William Kvist (FC Copenhagen)
Midfielders
Christian Poulsen (Juventus) Christian Eriksen (Ajax) Daniel Jensen (Werder Bremen) Jakob Poulsen (AGF Aarhus) Michael Silberbauer (FC Utrecht) Mikkel Beckmann (Randers) Thomas Enevoldsen (FC Groningen) Thomas Kahlenberg (Wolfsburg) Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax) Jesper Gronkjaer (FC Copenhagen) Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord) Martin Jorgensen (AGF Aarhus)
Forwards
Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brondby) Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal) Soren Larsen (Duisburg)
