Darren Bent Deserves England Shot - Woodgate
Tottenham Hotspur's Jonathan Woodgate has tipped club-mate Darren Bent to shine against Germany on his return to the England team...
19-Nov-2008 9:50:42 AM
Bent was recalled to the Three Lions squad to replace injured duo Emile Heskey and Wayne Rooney for tonight's friendly in Berlin, bringing an end to his 12-month exile from international football.
The 24-year-old striker's last game for his country resulted in disaster as Croatia claimed a 3-2 win at Wembley to eliminate Steve McClaren's men from EURO 2008.
But after hitting a golden run of form for Spurs, the former Charlton Athletic man looks likely to start against Joachim Löw's Mannschaft - and rightly so, according to Woodgate.
"He deserves it," the former Real Madrid defender said in The Sun. "I said he’d score goals if he had a run of games. Darren’s in great form."
Woodgate was overlooked by Fabio Capello, who instead called up untried youngster Michael Mancienne in place of the unavailable Rio Ferdinand.
Cecil Braun
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