OFFICIAL: Rio Ferdinand Out Of World Cup; Michael Dawson Drafted In As Steven Gerrard Takes Over England Captaincy
Source: Goal.comThe Football Association have confirmed England captain Rio Ferdinand is out of theWorld Cup with a knee injury and Tottenham Hotspur's Michael Dawson has been called up as a replacement.
BBC Radio 5 Live reported Ferdinand, 31, broke down after a tackle from Aston Villa's Emile Heskey. Manager Fabio Capello confirmed earlier today that Dawson had been drafted in on stand-by after he was initially cut from the provisional 30-man squad.
Not what I wanted, if they lose now; they will say we played without Ferdinand.
We have to wait for another world cup to see England enter the world cup without excuses. Previous excuses for not having great achievement in the world cup: the weather is hot and it doesn't suite our players (June in the northern part of earth is always hot of course!). Finally we have a cold world cup for the "The Three Lions" but it turns out their captain is injured.
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