England New Football Captain Betting Suspended As The Job goes to Rio Ferdinand

John Terry's tenureship of the England Captain's armband has come to an end after England Manager Fabio Capello decided to strip the Chelsea player of the armband at Wembley on Friday afternoon. Bookmaker Paddy Power have imediately opened betting on who will be the England Captain for the first World Cup fixture against the United States on June 12th, with Rio Ferdinand being installed as 2/5 favourite before the market was suspended.

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When the news broke of Terry's alleged affair with the French mother of Wayne Bridge's child a week ago, Terry was an odds on chance himself to hold on to his Captain duties for the National team but as further allegations and leaked skeletons have hogged the tabloid headlines this week it appears that the Chelsea stars time is up as England skipper.

It is unsure as to whether Terry will remain in the thoughts of Capello as a first team player but seemingly Capello, a staunch catholic wanted to send out a message to the English public that he won't tolerate such off-field activities.

If Terry remains in the England squad, this incident shouldn't do too much to damage England's chances at the World Cup in South Africa, but Capello's team have drifted out to 6/1 from 11/2 third favourites behind Spain and Brazil in the betting with PaddyPower.com since the news broke.

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Capello issued a statement on Friday afternoon intimating that he had a vice captain and third choice captain when he selected his first squad so with that in mind, Ferdinand has been handed the role. However, the Manchester United player has struggled with injury and form this season and is not a stone wall certainty to be fit, so Steven Gerrard be waiting in the wings as the new vice-captain.

2010 World Cup Betting

4/1 Spain
5/1 Brazil
6/1 England
9/1 Argentina
12/1 Italy
12/1 France
14/1 Germany
14/1 Holland
25/1 Portugal
25/1 Ivory Coast
40/1 BAR

Odds supplied by PaddyPower.com.

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