Rio Ferdinand has been in the headlines this week after being recalled to the England squad, only to pull out citing a 'pre-planned fitness programme' at Manchester United.
The fact that he's now off to Qatar to appear as a pundit for al-Jazeera has only fanned the flames as people question how good a seven hour flight will be for his bad back.
The animosity between Ferdinand and his country has been brewing for a while now after the defender first wouldn't play with Chelsea's John Terry and then Roy Hodgson was filmed telling members of the public that his international career was over.
This wasn't always the case in the England camp however, and above, Ferdinand shares a few jokes with his Premier League rivals and international team mates John Terry and Steven Gerrard. The question is, just what are they laughing about?
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Since 1888, Rangers and Celtic football clubs have been locked into an intense and frequently explosive rivalry: Rangers the product of West Scotland’s Protestant establishment, Celtic the team founded to raise money for the Catholic underclass of Glasgow.
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