England future looks bleak for Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand's England future looked bleak last night after boss Fabio Capello revealed why there was no place for his former skipper in Montenegro.

Ferdinand was a shock omission from the squad that sealed Euro 2012 qualification in Podgorica as Capello paired Gary Cahill with skipper John Terry and selected Phil Jones and Phil Jagielka in the 24.

That spells bad news for the Manchester United star and Capello did not attempt to soften the blow.

Capello said: “All these players who were injured, including ­Ferdinand and Gerrard, I hope will be fit in a really short time.

“Rio needs to play games. He has not played enough and last week he was on the bench.

“It’s my job, sorry, but I check all the players before I select them. If a player is on top form I select them. I select the player, not the name.”

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