England national team defender John Terry suffered a foot injury in training with Chelsea on Wednesday and could be a doubt for the World Cup.
Terry underwent scans on his injured right foot, with a fractured metatarsal suspected to be the injury. If Terry does have a broken foot, he could wind up missing the World Cup. Results of the scans on Terry's foot are not expected until Thursday.
(UPDATE- Terry has issued a statement insisting that he hasn't broken his foot and that he is hopeful of playing in the FA Cup Final. The injury is now believed to be ligament damage.)
Terry just finished leading Chelsea to the English Premier League title, and was with his club preparing for the FA Cup Final when the injury occurred.
What do you think of the news?
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NEVERMIND!
England can’t be their best without Wayne Bridge. So no matter what, it won’t be their top squad.
If JT can’t go then I think they have to bring him in.
No matter what England won’t be at their absolute best because Wayne Bridge and John Terry won’t be playing together on the backline.
Here is a reenactment of what happened to John Terry. Kathy Bates plays the role of Wayne Bridge. James Caan portrays John Terry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5OlolbLXvw&NR=1
…Seriously though, does Terry’s injury open the door for Wayne Bridge to play for England?
Would love to photoshop a pic of Drogba behind hime int hat pic
Well I guess not so much now…but Terry’s still a punk.
Also it seems that there was no break, just ligament damage, and he hopes to play in the FA Cup Final. So whatever. Non-news now.
truer words have not been spoken.
Why? I want to advance and I want every good break possible.
If the United States wins, nobody will remember or care that John Terry was out two summers from now. Their talent pool is deep. Don’t overreact to this.
This opens a roster spot for Titus Bramble! USA USA!
well done sir
I think it is a blessing in disguise for Capello. He would have felt obligated to start Terry and Terry has been crap for most of the season. He’ll be even luckier if Rio can’t start, then he’ll be able to start his much more reliable Centerbacks. As for Ledley, he played four games in a row at the end of the season including three in one week, so I’m damn-sure afraid of him. He is bar-none England’s best CB.
Hah that is awesome. Serves those redcoats right.
Wonder if it’s De-Jong’s turn now.
One question: are WE at our best, full-strength health?? No!
I’ll leave these starry-eyed “bring ’em on!” statements to you guys.
Me, I want to make the second round.
I have to admire your gung-ho attitude, though.
Good point. There’s definitely an instability issue. Dawson-king pairing is very unlikely given rio is the captain of the squad.
Though capello strikes me as one of the few coaches bold enough to bench his captain if he thinks it would help the team.
i hate to see any players going down at this point…i want all the teams at full strength to make the tournament the best it can be
the nats don’t need any favors at this point, we showed last summer we can play with absolutely anybody..heres to the boys beatin england at their best
You think if one of the WAGs Give him a blowjob it will speed his recovery? I mean van persie tried to use cheese to heal. Who know?
If John Terry were a cast member on “Jersey Shore” his number one hangout spot would be Club Karma…
Whoooooa! Current event coupled with passe pop culture reference!
PERFECT
John Terry is one of England’s best Center Backs. If we beat them without him, it’s not going to be as sweet, tbh. A win is a win, but a win against England’s best with a team that no one thinks is going to make it (besides us, of course)? That’s legendary. That’s 1776 Legendary. That’s 1950 Legendary.
John Terry gives his all for country (WAG issues aside). That’s a player I want on the pitch.
In the end, I don’t just want a win, I want a legendary match. Without John Terry, it’s one step down from that. IMO.
+1 I think it’s better to play the against the best.
I am with Mexicanbluefish. I want to beat Englands best.
Is there anyway to figure out if this is the most injury plagued world cup? I know we have had injuries bbefore like Armas in 02 Heyduke(sp) in 06 Reyna in 94. But this just seems like every week there is another player who is getting injured and may miss the WC.
So is Wayne Bridge back in the England squad?
+ 1, and i’m not joking.
good…..He’s a bad person, but I would have preferred seeing him sent off after his 16th hack on Josy
Yes, but that Still means that Ferdinand is in the lineup, and he’s never paired with King. The smartest choice would be the Dawson, King combo which drove Spurs into the top four. But Capello is unlikely to see it that way, and the defense is therefore as unstable as we could hope for.
This Sucks. I want England’s best against the states. More glory in the victories.
This isn’t necessarily a good development for the US. Ledley king is arguably in better form than terry right now anyway, so he could ably deputize on june 12.
But since king can’t (or at least doesn’t very often) play multiple games in a week, england would be left with their fourth choice center back for algeria.
So worst-case scenario, we lose to a top english side, then algeria steals points against a weakened side.
Yippee!
Hope JT recovers fast and is ready to play again June 13th.
thats too bad i don’t wanna hear them bitch after we beat them o well i’ll still take it.
This is fantastic. If he misses the world cup and travels with the team, the England players will be completely distracted as JT trolls the WAG section of the stadium hitting on all their wives and girlfriends. They’ll be too worried about JT cuckolding them to concentrate on the football.
I’ll contain my joy until June 12th.. still a long way to go and this will be a lot less enjoyable if someone like Landon goes down before then. Obviously great news for US fans though 🙂
Wayne Bridge deserves to be in the world cup
good he deserves it!
Not to be too much of a hater, but I really hope England implode. Has anyone heard anything about Rooney’s injury status lately? It would be huge if both he and Terry missed the USA match.
Soccer Supporters even
Paging Wanye Bridge, you have a call on the white courtesy phone from a Mr. Capello
Bummer.
I’m sure a few more stars will pull up lame between now and South Africa.
Great News for US Scoccer Supporters
In a related story, Wayne Bridge has torn abdomen muscles from laughing
The best part is that it happens the day after the first squad list is made… can’t call anyone else into camp.
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon!
Karma’s a b@#!%, isn’t it?
Couldn’t of happened to a nicer guy. 😉
At least English fans already have their excuse for when they Epic Fail this summer.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.*
*I’m joking
That’s too bad, because I was really looking forward to Jozy beasting him for 90′ again.*
*Yes, this happened.