London - With Wayne Rooney already returned to his club Steven Gerrard will also b! e out of the England squad tomorrow at Wembley for the last World Cup qualifier with Belarus.
Fabio Capello (Picture AP) the England manager, said at today's press conference '' Gerrard did not finished the training because of the pain (at the groin) was worse than yesterday. He is going back to Liverpool''. Goalkeeper David James was also forced to pull out from the morning training session and he is in doubt for England last of the World Cup qualifiers at Wembley tomorrow.
The Friulan head-coach said 'His knee problem is getting better and he is staying with the squad' but Capello will decide tomorrow whether to give James his 50th start in goal for England. Asked whether James at 40 will be able to recover between World Cup matches Fabio said' This is a problem for the future and we have six month time to decide'. Ben Foster and Joe Hurt will eventually be ready to deputise in goal for him tomorrow
Asked about the formation Capello said '! We will play with a different style and with some different pl! ayers'. The Italian admitted that there will a chance for Peter Crouch to start in place of Rooney. ''We can win with Rooney and without Rooney' he said and that he is planning to make ''Players and formation experiments'' for tomorrow's game. James Milner may be bound to start as well given the positive words of praise spent on him by the Pieris' coach. Fabio also reaffirmed his total confidence in Rio Ferdinad and said he will start with Belarus.
Capello also told SkySportNews that the FA has invited for tomorrow's jamboree all the 55 players that had previously played for him in view of strengthen the ''Family of the England team''. A move the Italian manager has at heart to build up the England's squad ''Group's'' spirit and ''Moral'' which he reputes at the base of every future success ahead starting with the Brazil game (A friendly in November in the Arab Emirates) and the pre-World Cup friendlies in March and May next year.
Asked about how to reinforce t! he 2018 England World Cup bid Fabio Capello chose not to dig into the underlying issues between the FA and Joseph Blatter's FIFA regarding the reckless type of football allegedly going unpunished in these shores but reaffirmed his views that England has got all what it takes to win the bid. Perhaps he will delve on it in better times....
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