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Fabio Capello handed boost as Defoe, Crouch and Jagielka passed fit for England’s Euro 2012 qualifiers - report
30 Aug 2010 21:25:00
England head coach Fabio Capello breathed a sigh of relief on Monday night after all 24 members of his squad for the Euro 2012 qualifiers with Bulgaria and Switzerland were declared fit enough to remain at England HQ reports Press Association Sports.
The squad gathered for their first competitive fixtures since the World Cup campaign with major question marks over the fitness of Everton defender Phil Jagielka and Spurs duo Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe but all appear to have come through their first training session unscathed.
Jagielka suffered a bruised foot during Everton's defeat at Aston Villa, Crouch was forced out of Tottenham's home loss to Wigan with a sore rib and Defoe has been suffering from a long-standing groin complaint that Spurs manager Harry Redknapp felt could require surgery on.
No fresh injury worries will be a major bonus for Capello, who has already lost influential Chelsea pair John Terry and Frank Lampard to injuries and has captain Rio Ferdinand still sidelined with the knee injury he sustained before the World Cup.
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The squad gathered for their first competitive fixtures since the World Cup campaign with major question marks over the fitness of Everton defender Phil Jagielka and Spurs duo Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe but all appear to have come through their first training session unscathed.
Jagielka suffered a bruised foot during Everton's defeat at Aston Villa, Crouch was forced out of Tottenham's home loss to Wigan with a sore rib and Defoe has been suffering from a long-standing groin complaint that Spurs manager Harry Redknapp felt could require surgery on.
No fresh injury worries will be a major bonus for Capello, who has already lost influential Chelsea pair John Terry and Frank Lampard to injuries and has captain Rio Ferdinand still sidelined with the knee injury he sustained before the World Cup.
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