{"id":324326,"date":"2011-03-20T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/20\/im-too-young-to-captain-england-wayne-rooney-backs-john-terrys-reinstatement-as-skipper\/"},"modified":"2011-03-20T12:48:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T12:48:00","slug":"im-too-young-to-captain-england-wayne-rooney-backs-john-terrys-reinstatement-as-skipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/im-too-young-to-captain-england-wayne-rooney-backs-john-terrys-reinstatement-as-skipper\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m too young to captain England &#8211; Wayne Rooney backs John Terry&#8217;s reinstatement as skipper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>20 Mar 2011 12:48:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"76.5454375467\">\n<div readability=\"13.8812785388\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" John Terry and Wayne Rooney - England (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/52c3563190640_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p> John Terry and Wayne Rooney &#8211; England (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"51.5097799511\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1681\/wayne-rooney\/national\">Wayne Rooney<\/a> has backed the reinstatement of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1639\/john-terry\/national\">John Terry<\/a> as the permanent skipper of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/16\/england\">England<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Three Lions&#8217; boss Fabio Capello had to make a decision concerning the captaincy for the upcoming European Championship qualifier against Wales, as both Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard are sidelined with calf and groin injuries, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The former Real Madrid coach had recently admitted that he was considering reinstating Terry, and he has now done so on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n<p>His decision represents a u-turn a little over a year after the Chelsea centre-half was stripped of the honour of captaining the national team, after the defender became the subject of a media storm due to allegations concerning his personal life. <\/p>\n<p>But with that controversy having subsided, the Italian boss decided to go back on his previous decision and hand the armband back to Terry.<\/p>\n<p>And Rooney appears to be fully supportive of the move as he is quoted by <em>The Express<\/em> as saying: &#8220;It\u2019s a massive thing to captain your country. I\u2019ve done it once and it\u2019s something I will never forget.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s down to the manager who he picks as captain and there is nothing we can do to influence it. As captain you have to shout and be a leader. But I have said many times that John Terry is a massive leader for us, even when he is not captain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On a personal note, the 25-year-old striker feels that he himself is still too young to wear the armband.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney said: &#8220;I don\u2019t really think about being England captain. It would be a great honour for me but I think I am way too young.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now the former Everton hitman hopes that England continue their positive run in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, with a game against Wales on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have come back from an ignominious World Cup campaign last summer and done quite well in the qualifying games,&#8221; said Rooney.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will start as favourites against Wales. We are expected to win and as players we expect to win. It will be a difficult game and there will be a great atmosphere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rooney is currently 24th in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.castrolfootball.com\/\">Castrol Rankings<\/a>, down from 12th the previous month, while Terry is 59th, up from 72nd a month ago. The two England team-mates are set to clash for their respective clubs next month in the two-legged Champions League quarter-final.<br \/><em><br \/><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/52c3563190640_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3270\/england-national-team\/2011\/03\/20\/2403325\/im-too-young-to-captain-england-wayne-rooney-backs-john\" title=\"I'm too young to captain England - Wayne Rooney backs John Terry's reinstatement as skipper\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I&#8217;m too young to captain England &#8211; Wayne Rooney backs John Terry&#8217;s reinstatement as skipper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 20 Mar 2011 12:48:00 John Terry and Wayne Rooney &#8211; England (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Wayne Rooney has backed the reinstatement of John Terry as the permanent skipper of England . Three Lions&#8217; boss Fabio Capello had to make a decision concerning the captaincy for the upcoming European Championship qualifier against Wales, as both Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard are sidelined with calf and groin injuries, respectively. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I&#039;m too young to captain England - Wayne Rooney backs John Terry&#039;s reinstatement as skipper - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/im-too-young-to-captain-england-wayne-rooney-backs-john-terrys-reinstatement-as-skipper\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I&#039;m too young to captain England - Wayne Rooney backs John Terry&#039;s reinstatement as skipper - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 20 Mar 2011 12:48:00 John Terry and Wayne Rooney - England (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Wayne Rooney has backed the reinstatement of John Terry as the permanent skipper of England . 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