FABIO CANNAVARO: SO LONG, JOHN TERRY

in World Cup by Itai — July 19, 2010 at 2:52 am | 0 comments

Italy’s Fabio Cannavaro has stated that England’s John Terry will most likely be left off of Fabio Capello’s next national team squad following his actions at World Cup 2010.

Prior to heading to the World Cup in South Africa, Terry had his position as team captain yanked by Capello after allegations about his private life began stirring up the squad.

Recently, Terry was accused of attempting to lead a mutiny against Capello.

Before heading to the Euro 2010 qualifying matches, Capello is set to make some changes.

“My thoughts are that John Terry won’t be on the team sheet,” Cannavaro told the Daily Star Sunday. “You don’t cross Fabio and he won’t want anybody disrupting his tournament again.

“It was absolutely the correct decision for the English FA to keep Fabio on. He can make this England team his own now – and I would actually make them the favourites for Euro 2012.

“When he joined Real Madrid, he brought a lot of players in the first season like myself and Ruud van Nistelrooy and the result was instant success but internationally it takes time to build your own team.

“I don’t want to speak for Fabio but I’d be surprised if more than five of the players who started against Germany start the opening game of Euro 2012.

“For me, the only two players that can be guaranteed to start in 2012 are Ashley Cole and Wayne Rooney. By then, Fabio will have had enough time to build his own team and I think it will be unrecognisable compared to what it was at the World Cup.

“Spain will be there but if Fabio gets rid of egos, I think England will see exactly why it was a good decision to keep him on.”