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Neville criticises England selections
Gary Neville isn’t one to withhold his thoughts on football issues. This has been the case for a number of years now. He is a passionate professional who often has something to say, mainly on matters concerning Manchester United and England.
On this occasion, it is the latter that has attracted Neville’s attention, in particular, the provisional World Cup squad selected by Fabio Capello last week. The defender has questioned the decision to include only one right-back for the World Cup.
Glen Johnson is the only player in the 30-man squad that plays regularly in the position and Neville thinks that this is a mistake. He said he is very “surprised” because in a tournament such as the World Cup, cover in every position is needed. Anyone with a betting system could be put off backing England because of a lack of depth.
As for his own chances of making the squad, Neville says that although he though there was a chance he could get in, he wasn’t “overly disappointed” by the omission. Instead, he was more annoyed with the fact that his team-mate Wes Brown wasn’t included.
The main reason that Brown and Neville missed out of course, was due to the versatility of Jamie Carragher who was pick. The Liverpool man can play at centre-back or right-back and this would have influenced Capello’s decision. England remain many people’s football tips for this year’s tournament, but it remains to be seen if the squad are up to the job.
Neville was also keen to give his opinion on another talking point of the World Cup squad - the attempt to lure Paul Scholes out of international retirement. He said that he “wasn’t surprised” by Capello’s attempt, but believes it was a “bit desperate” of the Italian.
Many would suggest that Neville’s outspoken views on the squad are just a backlash on his part for missing out on a seat on the plane to South Africa. It does probably mean that he will never get to add to his 85 England caps, after all.
The 35-year-old is just being honest though and it would have hardly sat well with him that Carragher - a Liverpool player who he has clashed with in the past - was picked ahead of him and his Manchester United team-mate.
Tags: Backlash, England Caps, Fabio Capello, Football Issues, Football Tips, Gary Neville, Glen Johnson, International Retirement, Jamie Carragher, Liverpool, Man Squad, Manchester United, Omission, Outspoken Views, Provisional World, South Africa, Team Mate, Versatility, Wes Brown, World Cup Squad
Pre-Order 2010-12 England Away Kit & 10% Discount Code
The new 2010-12 England shirt is released on the 3rd March ahead of the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa and the kit is now available to pre-order on our website. England have never had a better chance of winning their second World Cup and this jersey is bound to be a huge seller.
Available on our website is the away shirt, shorts and socks in a full range of adult, junior and womens sizes and is fully customisable with the name and number of all your favourite players, including Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Theo Walcott and David Beckham, or even your own name and number combination.
As a special bonus, all customers who pre-order any of the England away shirts before the release date of 3/3/2010 will be emailed an exclusive 10% discount code for use on their next order on our full range of merchandise.
2010 England World Cup Away Shirt
2010 England away shirt - £49.99
2010 England L/S away shirt - £54.99
2010 England away shirt (Kids) - £39.99
2010 England L/S away shirt (Kids) - £44.99
2010 England Womens Away Shirt - £49.99
2010 England away shorts - £19.99
2010 England away shorts (Kids) - £19.99
2010 England away socks - £11.99
2010 England World Cup Away Hero Shirts
2010 England away (Gerrard 4) - £59.99
2010 England away (Beckham 7) - £59.99
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2010 England away (Terry 6) - £59.99
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Adidas Nigeria World Cup home shirt 2010
Nigeria have released the new home shirt that they will wear at the 2010 World Cup after assuring qualification by winning their qualifying group that contained Tunisia, Mozambique and Kenya by one point over closest challengers Tunisia.
The new Nigeria shirt is manufactured by Adidas with the Adidas logo appearing in the centre of the Nigeria home shirt in white and the Adidas stripes on the sleeve the shirt in white also. The main colour of the body of the shirt is green and the country badge is on the left chest.
Nigeria are one of the highest ranking African teams and have their fair share of top players all playing for some of Europe’s biggest clubs. The Nigeria World Cup shirts are available with the official shirt printing of your favourite players including Obafemi Martons, Victor Obinna, Nwanko Kanu, Yakubu, Joseph Yoboand Taye Taiwo.
Nigeria always place well in the African Nations Cup and will be hoping that the tournament at the start of 2010 will be an excellent warm up for the World Cup. Nigeria last won the African nations in 1994 but have an excellent team at the moment who are one of the favourites to lift the trophy. The Nigeria soccer jerseys that they will be wearing during the tournament will be the same ones that they wear at the World Cup in South Africa.
Click here to buy the new Nigeria World Cup home shirt
Tags: Adidas Logo, African Nations Cup, Challengers, Fair Share, Favourites, Kenya, Left Chest, Mozambique, Nigeria World, Nwanko Kanu, Qualifying Group, Shirt Printing, Soccer Jerseys, South Africa, Taye Taiwo, Trophy, Victor Obinna, White Stripes, World Cup Nigeria, Yakubu
New Adidas World Cup Shirts In Stock
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New Spain home shirt revealed
Spain have released their new home shirt which will be worn in the 2009 Confederations Cup tournament this summer.
The Euro 2008 champions wore the shirt for the first time in Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Turkey in a World Cup 2010 Qualifier.
The shirt is available in all adult and junior sizes and follows the new Adidas international template.
It is the first time the Spain home shirt has been available to buy since approximately July 2008 as stocks of the 08-09 shirt sold out when Spain were crowned European Champions after a 2-0 victory over Germany in the tournament finals.
The Spanish National Team jersey can be customised in official Adidas font with the names of star players including Fernando Torres, David Villa, Xabi Alonso and Cesc Fabregas.
However, you can choose any name and number, including your own custom name and for £12.95 we will print the shirt for you in the official template.
The printing will be the same template Adidas used for the Euro 2008 shirts. A new printing template will be made available for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa.
Click to buy the new 2009-10 Spain home football shirt.
Tags: Adidas International, Adult, Cesc Fabregas, Confederations Cup, Euro 2008, European Champions, Fernando Torres, Football Shirt, Germany, Home Football, New Printing, New Spain, Printing Template, South Africa, Star Players, Stocks, Turkey, Victory, World Cup 2010, World Cup Finals, Xabi Alonso