Groin Grievance To K.O. Chris Smalling’s EURO 2012 Dreams

Alan Duffy

11th, May 2012

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By Alan Duffy

Manchester United’s versatile defender Chris Smalling has been forced to pull out of Roy Hodgson’s EURO 2012 England squad after picking up a groin injury in the Red Devils’ game against Swansea last week.

The 22-year old had been expected to secure a place in the Three Lions’ 23-man squad for Poland and Ukraine, but his dreams of appearing at his first major finals have been KO’ed by the injury. Fergie said:

“Chris has suffered a bad injury. It is a groin muscle injury and he will miss the European Championships. We are assessing what to do at the moment but it is a bad injury.”

Smalling’s ability to play in the both the middle and right side of the back four could have been useful for Hodgson in the summer. Maybe he’ll beg Jamie ‘Carra’ Carragher to return to the fold!!?

Oh, and expect the list of Man U players mysteriously pulling out of the EUROs and the Olympics to start growing as Fergie starts preparing for next season’s domestic campaign.

Posted in Euro 2012, Injuries, Man Utd

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  1. Anonymous says:

    Was he really expected to be going to Euro 2012? Surely he’s behind:

    Terry
    Ferdinand
    Lescott
    Cahill
    Jones
    Plus Micah Richards in the squad

    The Olympics would have been ideal for someone like him, let’s hope he’s not out of that as well.

  2. jeje96 says:

    jagielka has a chance too…

  3. pray4muamba says:

    typical fergy pulling out his players. he’ll be fine by august.

  4. Professor Erno Breastpinchd says:

    Moral will plummet in the squad with Smalling gone.
    He looks like a right barrel of laughs.

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