England’s players are to hold clear-the-air talks with Fabio Capello against a backdrop of speculation about divisions in the camp ahead of Wednesday’s make-or-break clash with Slovenia.
Former skipper John Terry insisted on Sunday that the players were united and fully supportive of their Italian coach.
But the Chelsea defender also effectively confirmed that all is not well at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus by revealing that he expected some frank exchanges at a team meeting scheduled for Monday evening.
Asked about his disgraced Chelsea team-mate Nicolas Anelka being sent home by France, Terry joked: ‘I see Nico was sent home for voicing his opinion and maybe a few of us will be sent home after this evening.’
The centreback added: ‘If we feel something has to change, we owe it to the country and the manager to say it in that meeting tonight.
'If it upsets him or any other player, so what.’
England go into Wednesday's meeting with Slovenia in Port Elizabeth needing a win to be sure of advancing to the knockout stage of the competition after a 1-1 draw with the United States and a goalless draw with Algeria that Terry described as ‘unacceptable.’
