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John Terry Odds On To Be England Captain Against USA But Steven Gerrard Expected To Eventually Replace Him
Tuesday 02 February 2010 at 11:30
 John Terry’s England Captaincy has been in doubt since the revelations about his affair with his England team mate Wayne Bridge’ former wife but it seems he should just about hang on to the armband, although Steven Gerrard appears to be waiting in the wings if John Terry does lose the England Captaincy.
Bookies Expect John Terry To Retain World Cup Captaincy
SkyBet and William Hill are offering odds on who England’s Captain will be on the first game of the World Cup against USA and John Terry is the favourite, he can currently be backed at 8/11 with SkyBet to still be captain. The next most likely captain according to the bookies is Steven Gerrard, the Liverpool midfielder is 5/2 with both SkyBet and William Hill to be England captain against USA, whilst other strong possibilities include Wayne Rooney who is 10/1 with William Hill despite being just 6/1 with SkyBet and also Frank Lampard who is 14/1 with SkyBet. For odds on Rio Ferdinand, David Beckham or any other player, visit the SkyBet website.
Steven Gerrard Looks The Long Term Replacement For John Terry
Whatever happens with John Terry there will come a day where John Terry is no longer captain and Paddy Power are offering a market simply on England’s Next (New) Captain and the current favourite is Steven Gerrard, he is just 8/13 with Paddy Power so is clearly second best behind Terry in the pecking order. Paddy Power make Wayne Rooney the second favourite at 7/2 whilst Rio Ferdinand is 7/1 with Paddy Power and Frank Lampard is 8/1 with Paddy Power. Time does not favour former England captain David Beckham and he is rated at 10/1 with Paddy Power. For more England World Cup specials, including betting on who will be in Fabio Capello’s 23 man World Cup squad, click on nay of the bookie links above.
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