Former England captain John Terry has announced his retirement from international football ending his three lions career with 78 caps and six goals.
Terry said he made his decision to retire based on charges brought against him by the FA relating to an incident with Anton Ferdinand in a QPR-Chelsea game last October.
Terry said the FA’s decision to pursue charges against, despite the fact that he was cleared of racially abusing Ferdinand in court, made his position with the England team untenable.
This is a strange and confusing statement from Terry because, the FA announced way back in July that they would pursue their own separate charges against Terry so why has he waited so long before he decided to retire, why did he continue to play and make himself available for England games, why has it taken until the eve of the FA hearing against him for him to decide enough is enough.
Could it be that he’s been made aware of the outcome and he’s jumping before he’s pushed?
Judging by his comments Terry feels the FA have a vendetta against him, but to me they don’t have a choice he deserves to be charged, not only for his abusive language but for bringing the game into disrepute, I mean it's not like it's his first offence.
This FA charge could well be the result of his previous digressions finally catching up with him, it’s got to the stage where after he was found not guilty in court he was branded Teflon Terry.
Whatever the outcome of his FA hearing nobody can deny that Terry, on the pitch, gave his all for the national team and has been one of the most consistent performers for England over the last ten years and our defence will certainly be weakened by his absence, and he would almost certainly have been an automatic pick for the England squad for the 2014 World Cup, should we qualify.
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