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Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out of England’s squad to face Kazakhstan in a World Cup qualifier taking place on Saturday.
England boss Fabio Capello called up Bolton’s Gary Cahill as cover at centreback after Ferdinand failed to recover sufficiently from a recurrence of the calf injury which had kept him out of action for three weeks prior to United’s Champions League final defeat to Barcelona.
Capello is already without his first-choice goalkeeper, David James, for the trip to Kazakhstan and the meeting with Andorra at Wembley on June 10.
Cahill’s call-up came as a surprise with the 23-year-old benefiting from the fact that Everton’s Phil Jagielka is currently sidelined by injury.
“I was at home and I got a phone call from the FA (Football Association) saying that they wanted me in the squad,” Cahill said.
“I’ve had to get a few tools together – the boots and the shin pads – and now I am really looking forward to the opportunity.
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