Report: Terry loses England armband

John Terry has been stripped of the England captain's armband following talks with coach Fabio Capello on Friday, according to reports.



The Chelsea centre-back held a meeting with Italian Capello at Wembley following a week of tabloid allegations concerning an alleged affair with an ex partner of Manchester City left-back Wayne Bridge.

And although the Football Association have refused to comment on reports that Terry has been sacked as England captain, speculation is mounting that the 29-year-old defender has been axed as his country's skipper.

Terry's demotion, reported by Sky News, would be a bitter blow for player and manager.

When most pundits expected Capello to name Rio Ferdinand as his skipper prior to the friendly with the Czech Republic in August 2008, the Italian instead turned to Terry as his on-pitch leader.

It was felt the Chelsea star was better at galvanising players around him, with Capello paying little attention to the wider role many believed Ferdinand was more capable of fulfilling.

Terry has done everything asked of him as England have marched on towards this summer's World Cup in South Africa.

But there have been issues away from the pitch that have not sat easily with bosses at the FA.

Both Terry's parents have been in the headlines for the wrong reasons, while the defender himself was accused of using his role as England skipper for personal gain when an agency to which he was linked included his status in an e-mail offering the player's services to enhance their business.

Terry emerged unscathed from all of this until last week, when a super-injunction, preventing details of an alleged affair with Vanessa Perroncel from being reported, was lifted by the High Court.

As the former girlfriend of Bridge and mother of the City defender's son, Perroncel's name brought with it a sense of scandal that only intensified with Terry's efforts to keep the affair private.

Lingerie model and former nightclub hostess Perroncel revealed she would not be selling her story on Friday.


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Ök,finè,they'vè äxed terry's cäptäincy, Sincé the stööpid engli$h prè$s hävè höunded him sö much,why dnt théy äxé him fròm the téäm entirèly? Änd thè wömän he häd än affäir with,wäsnt shè bridge's EXGIRLFRIEND? Na wa ö!

Just quickly want to make this clear regarding JT's saga. No doubt Terry is an Important figure in the England team. If Rio or Ashley Cole were to be in the same situation as his, no English person would have loved them to remain as captain!

The hypocrisy of the whole situation is unreservedly appalling. Even the PUNDITS are a bit hesitant and sceptical of the situation whenever they were asked to say something. No one wants to openly criticize JT , but they did criticized Tiger Wood (he wasn't one of them). Ashley Cole misbehaved once,­ everyone was asking for his head, his wife was also poisoned to leave him. JT did the same, different story.

I'm actually glad he got the boot. What's good for the goose is also good for the gander.