Players plan further talks over Rio exclusion

England’s players were tonight standing firm in their rebellion over Rio Ferdinand’s exclusion from the squad to tackle Turkey on Saturday.

Wed, 08 Oct, 2003 - 17:11

England’s players were tonight standing firm in their rebellion over Rio Ferdinand’s exclusion from the squad to tackle Turkey on Saturday.

The England players are reported to have unanimously voted in favour of missing Saturday’s Euro 2004 qualifier if Ferdinand is not reinstated to the squad.

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Courts Soccer Heathrow Place: England Person: Ferdinand Person: Sven-Goran Eriksson Person: Paul Barber Person: Barber Event: Euro 2004 Organisation: Rio Organisation: England Organisation: Rio Ferdinand Organisation: Turkey Organisation: Manchester United Organisation: FA

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