Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has been left out of England’s final 23-man squad for this week’s friendly match against Switzerland. The news came as a surprise to Carrick. He has found him out of the squad within 48 hours of his inclusion in the 3-man squad. Moreover, Carrick is only high profile player to have been out of the squad as Capello cut short his squad to 23. Michael Carrick can be hopeful with the assurance of Capello that the players failed to make it to the squad will be monitoring closely as he is working towards the competitive matches when England begins their world cup qualifying matches.
Telegraph reported:
Carrick, however, will not be pleased. He began yesterday as a top of the Premier League player and ended the day in second after his side's 1-1 draw against his former Spurs team at White Hart Lane and Arsenal's 3-1 win at Manchester City. Then, hours later, he discovered that he had lost his recall to the international team.
This is going to be the first match of England since their defeat to Croatia on the last qualifying match of European championship, which ended their hope to get the ticket of EURO 2008. So, England must try their best to regain their form and status with a victory over Switzerland. This is the first match of Fabio Capello in charge of England. So, there are pressures on Capello as well. So, I think, he should be given some independence in player selection as he knows it well that who would be effective with his tactics and plans.
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