Manchester City man has a shot at World Cup place.
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Wayne Bridge has been warned by the Fabio Capello camp that if he does not turn up for England’s friendly against Egypt next month because of the John Terry scandal then he will be left out of the World Cup squad – despite the latest injury to Ashley Cole.
Capello was hit with his first major pre-World Cup injury crisis yesterday when Cole was ruled out for up to four months with a fractured ankle, which puts his participation in the June tournament in real danger. The 29-year-old will struggle to be fit in time for the announcement of the squad in late May, a severe blow for the England manager.
It puts even more pressure on the second-choice left-back Bridge not to quit international football, in spite of his anger at Terry’s alleged affair with his ex-fiancée Vanessa Perroncel. The Capello camp has said in private that it considers the matter closed now that Terry has been stripped of the captaincy and it expects Bridge to join up with the squad as usual for the friendly next month.
Should Bridge decide that he cannot face sharing the same hotel and dressing room as his former friend Terry then Capello will bring the curtain down on the player’s international career. With only one friendly before the squad has to be named, he has no intention of giving the Manchester City left-back the game off on 3 March.
As for Bridge, he has not made up his mind yet what he intends to do with his international career. The injury to Cole will certainly change his thinking; it has at last given him the chance to step out from the shadow of the man who took his place in the Chelsea team. (Independent)
This does seem a little odd. Bridge, clearly the only aggrieved party in this sordid love triangle, appears to be told to get over it if he wants to win his place back in the England set-up. As far as I am aware the Manchester City full back hasn’t stated that he wouldn’t play for his country just because John Terry would be present. I can’t imagine he would be that unprofessional. For instance I can not imagine the former Chelsea man telling Roberto Mancini that he would rather not be named in the line up to face the Stamford Bridge side so I am not sure where this story has come from.
With Ashley Cole out injured Bridge has a very real chance of staking a place in the England set-up and with the World Cup looking he would surely be chomping at the bit to get a place in Fabio’s squad for the trip to South Africa and I don’t for one second see him saying to Capello “actually I would rather not go because Mr. Terry had an affair with my girlfriend”!
Wayne Bridge is the only one in this soap opera farce who has maintained his composure and come out of the whole affair, no pun intended, with admiration and I am sure if called upon to represent his country he would jump at the chance.
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