John Terry was accused of trying to lead a mutiny against
Fabio Capello
Fabio Cannavaro
believes John Terry is likely
to be left out of Fabio
Capello's next England squad following his actions at the
World Cup.
Terry, axed as England captain in February following allegations
about his private life, was said to have upset Capello in South
Africa when he held a press
conference about team selection and tactics.
Capello has said he is going to
make changes to his England squad ahead of the Euro 2012
qualifiers and former Italy captain Cannavaro, who played under
Capello at Juventus and Real Madrid, feels Terry will be among
those to go.
"My thoughts are that John Terry won't be on the team sheet,"
Cannavaro told the Daily Star Sunday. "You don't cross
Fabio and he won't want anybody disrupting his tournament
again.
"It was absolutely the correct decision for the English FA to
keep Fabio on. He can make this England team his own now - and I
would actually make them the favourites for Euro 2012.
"When he joined Real Madrid, he brought a lot of players in the
first season like myself and Ruud van Nistelrooy and the result was
instant success but internationally it takes time to build your own
team.
"I don't want to speak for Fabio but I'd be surprised if more
than five of the players who started against Germany start the
opening game of Euro 2012.
"For me, the only two players that can be guaranteed to start in
2012 are Ashley Cole and Wayne Rooney. By then, Fabio will have had
enough time to build his own team and I think it will be
unrecognisable compared to what it was at the World Cup.
"Spain will be there but if Fabio gets rid of egos, I think
England will see exactly why it was a good decision to keep him
on."
