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Crisis Deepens as England Players Hold Firm8 October 2003UK – As reported by the Guardian: ``The Football Association and England's footballers were today locked in an extraordinary battle of wills over the exclusion of Rio Ferdinand from the squad to face Turkey. ``The players are adamant Ferdinand must be reinstated - or they will strike. The FA are equally adamant that the Manchester United defender, who missed a drugs test two weeks ago, will not travel. ``Talks between the two parties continued throughout the day, without resolution - leaving FA spokesman Paul Barber to admit "one of the options being talked about is not travelling to Turkey." ``If that was to happen, England would be thrown out of the Euro 2004 tournament…" |