The Manchester United defender says that he will not take up the captaincy after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895 was stripped of the captain’s arm band for the three lions as he wants to concentrate on his career at Manchester United in the English
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Ferdinand has come out and made it clear that he won’t be interested in becoming the English national team’s captain once again after John Terry was dismissed from his role as the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 captain on Thursday due to the controversy
surrounding racist allegations levelled against him at Antoine Ferdinand who is http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Ferdinand-c31173’s brother.
The Manchester United defender was the English national team captain before the 2010 FIFA World Cup but due to an injury in the lead up to the competition, he was replaced by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196. However after the tournament, Capello
took the decision to hand over the captaincy back to Terry as Rio Ferdinand has his fitness issues for both club and country. Ferdinand made his decision known through his twitter account as he said, "I don't want to be England captain after the last episode,
just want to concentrate on playing for United & if I make the squad then as ever I'll be delighted."
Ferdinand’s decision to avoid the English national team captaincy highlights his grievances towards http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello, the English national team manager who failed to inform Ferdinand before removing him as the captain of the national
team. Capello said, "Maybe I made a mistake. I don't like to speak about the captaincy on the phone. I prefer to speak personally. But yes, it's possible sometimes to do everything better. For sure."
With the European Championships coming up in the summer of 2012 in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032, Steven Gerrard is the outright favourite to become the English national team captain at the moment but outside chance is also being given to
some youngsters such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 who has cemented a permanent place in the English national team squad due to his fantastic goalkeeping performances for Manchester City.
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