Wayne Bridge quits England over John Terry event Football

Wayne Bridge has done himself taken for England selection. Photograph: Tony Marshall/Empics

Wayne Bridge has pronounced his on all sides in the England patrol is "untenable and potentially divisive" and he has motionless to have himself taken for selection, statute himself out of this summer"s World Cup.

The move comes after the explanation of John Terry"s event with Bridge"s former partner, Vanessa Perroncel, and leaves Fabio Capello with a intensity preference predicament brazen of the contest in South Africa. The Italian nude Terry of the England captaincy and had hoped Bridge would sojourn involved. However, the Manchester City player has been left ravaged by the scandal.

"I have thought prolonged and tough about my on all sides in the England football group in the light of the stating and events over the last couple of weeks," pronounced Bridge in the statement. "It has regularly been an honour to fool around for England. However, after clever thought I hold my on all sides in the patrol is right away illogical and potentially divisive.

"Sadly thus I feel for the consequence of the group and in sequence to equivocate what will be unavoidable distractions, I have motionless not to put myself brazen for selection. I have now sensitive the government of this decision. I instruct the group all the really most appropriate in South Africa."

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Capello, who progressing this week spoke of his confidence that Bridge would go on to fool around for his country, dictated to name Bridge in the patrol to face Egypt subsequent week and with Ashley Cole confronting months on the sidelines with a fractured ankle, the England physical education instructor is right away short of experienced options at left-back.

Aston Villa"s Stephen Warnock, whose general career now consists of 6 mins as a surrogate opposite Trinidad Tobago in Jun 2008, and Everton"s uncapped Leighton Baines could deputize for Cole in Bridge"s absence, but the City defender"s preference now equates to Capello might be forced to margin his third-choice full-back when England kick-off their World Cup debate opposite the United States on twelve June.

The England manager, who has been in South Africa to inspect the comforts at England"s World Cup precision base, refused to criticism on Bridge"s withdrawal from the general stage when questioned on his lapse to the nation today.