City's Barry out for four weeks

England manager Fabio Capello will be left to decide Gareth Barry’s World Cup fate after the Manchester City midfielder was sidelined for four weeks by an ankle injury.

England manager Fabio Capello will be left to decide Gareth Barry’s World Cup fate after the Manchester City midfielder was sidelined for four weeks by an ankle injury.

City boss Roberto Mancini had already ruled Barry out of Sunday’s trip to West Ham after the player limped out of Wednesday’s defeat to Tottenham at Eastlands.

And Mancini confirmed the damage from a sprained ankle will keep Barry on the sidelines for a month, placing a major question mark over his chances of making the World Cup in South Africa.

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