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Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has gone on record as saying that Ledley King has to go to this summer’s World Cup – a statement which is as baffling as it is wrong.

King is one of England’s best centre halves but his career is ultimately one of what might have been. …

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Never one to dish out praise willy nilly, Fabio Capello has stated that Birmingham stopper Joe Hart’s form has been “fantastic” this season before adding that what stopped him stepping up the England squad on a regular basis looks to now become a thing of the past when saying “before …

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Fabio Capello’s decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy was certainly a surprise.

Most people, myself included, believed Capello would keep faith with the Chelsea defender who has served him so well since the Italian’s arrival at the helm in December 2007.

Having an affair with a former team-mate’s ex …

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In the aftermath of John Terry’s extra marital activities Fabio Capello stripped the Chelsea skipper of the England armband and has handed it to vice captain Rio Ferdinand but will this appointment actually work out?

Now before everyone pipes in with talk of ‘missed drug test’ and ’sex tapes’ its nothing …

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He may have the physique to make Michael Phelps look like an ordinary human being, but Peter Crouch has consistently proven himself in the last few years to have the full array of skills required for a place in Capello’s England squad later this year.

The lofty striker has quite literally …

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With the World Cup just a matter of months away the fight for places on Fabio Capello’s plane to South Africa has already begun. Here, I take a look at the players who will be fighting for those final places.

Joe Hart - The Birmingham goalkeeper has been in fantastic form …

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Jermain Defoe scored a hat-trick in the FA Cup 4th round replay on Wednesday, and served Fabio Capello a timely reminder of his abilities ahead of England’s friendly match with African Cup of Nations champions Egypt in four weeks time. Capello landed in London yesterday to a sea of media …

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In 2006 a relatively unknown Theo Walcott was included in the England squad to go to the World Cup in Germany. The justification was that he was someone special who would at least gain invaluable experience for the future. Yet 4 years later and the precocious talent has a desperate …

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As the World Cup draws closer and closer, like your birthday or Christmas back when you actually cared about either, the trepidation and excitement grows tangibly more potent with each passing day. As us English currently engage in one activity we do extremely well, tearing down national icons in the …

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United need Hargreaves to return

When Manchester United sent Owen Hargreaves to the USA to see world-renowned knee surgeon, Dr. Richard Steadman, it was in the hope that he could once again perform his admirable duties and sort out the persistent tendinitis that has affected both of Hargreaves’s knees.

Steadman done …

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