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Man Utd’s Ferdinand would love teammate Scholes in England squad

Submitted by Andrew Slevison on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 00:38

Manchester United defender and England captain Rio Ferdinand says he would love to have club teammate Paul Scholes back in the national squad.

Scholes retired from the international scene in 2004 and recently turned down an offer from England boss Fabio Capello to end his six-year hiatus.

Ferdinand admits he shares Capello’s view that the 35-year old would be a valuable asset in South Africa but can see why he has decided to stay away from the national team.

"I'd would have paid him to come to South Africa,” he said.

"That's no detriment to any of the other players but I think Scholesy would have added to the squad we have.

"I spoke to him but he is a very black-and-white character. No frills, no messing about.

"He thought about it with his family and came to his decision.

"Scholesy isn't the type of person who, if we do really well at the tournament, would have it burning away at him. He will be comfortable with the decision he's made.

"It's not to be, he's not coming, so we move on."

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Comments (4)

Submitted by bonjour senyor (not verified) on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:45.

if Scholesy plays England chances up 50 %....he is the missin link of the past 6 yrs ,truly dats how great he is....pity

Submitted by California Dreamin... (not verified) on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:40.

better than havin someone who sleeps wit his best buddies girl!who knoes?offer him one pretty freulian and Germany gets one over us or one senyorita for a spanish win???...JT is a liability and should rightly be dropped completely ...look wat happened to chelski in the CLfinal 08-hewill pull england down da drain-I appeal to Fabio to sack him,mayb the lions will get lucky ...JT will get injured & miss the wholeWC in SA-pray!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:36.

to hell with scholes, i think we have past the time of being in a color..

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