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Euro heartbreak for Ferdinand

Updated on: 17 May,2012 09:40 AM IST  | 
AFP |

Veteran defender Rio Ferdinand was the highest-profile casualty yesterday as England manager Roy Hodgson unveiled his squad for the European Championships.

Euro heartbreak for Ferdinand

After intense speculation about whether Hodgson would risk picking Ferdinand and Chelsea captain John Terry in the same squad, an announcement confirmed that it was the Manchester United centre-half who had been left out.



Rio Ferdinand


Terry had previously been tipped to miss out with Hodgson questioning whether the centre-half could exist happily in the same squad as Ferdinand, who has accumulated 81 caps since making his debut in 1997.


Terry is facing a July court case on allegations he racially abused Ferdinand’s younger brother Anton during Chelsea’s EPL clash with QPR last October, accusations he strongly denies.u00a0

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