Eriksson fears Terry could miss October qualifiers

SVEN-GORAN Eriksson is bracing himself for the prospect of being without defensive lynchpin John Terry for the climax to England’s World Cup qualifying campaign in October.

The England coach has already had to rule the Chelsea centre-back out of the double header with Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday and Northern Ireland in Belfast four days later. But Terry is facing at least a month on the sidelines with the knee ligament damage suffered during the weekend Premiership clash at Tottenham.

And that is giving Eriksson cause for concern regarding the two qualifiers at Old Trafford against Austria and Poland which could decide whether England top group six.