Chelsea skipper John Terry and four others released from England squad by Fabio Capello

Cameo … England have allowed John Terry to return to his club after controversially reappointing him as captain. Source: AFP

Capello on defensive over captaincy

England football manager Fabio Capello admits he mishandled his decision to reinstate John Terry as captain.

ENGLAND coach Fabio Capello will have to choose another captain for this week’s friendly with Ghana after releasing John Terry and four other players for the match.

 Terry has Champions League commitments the week after and his Chelsea teammates, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, Spurs central defender Michael Dawson and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney were also allowed to leave.

 All five players played in the Wales game, but Capello has retained Dawson’s Spurs teammates Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Aaron Lennon as they didn’t make an appearance.

 Capello, who attracted severe criticism in the manner he handled the reappointment of Terry in place of Rio Ferdinand as skipper, is likely to field a completely different line-up to the one that eased to victory in Cardiff.

 He has also lost Kyle Walker, who returned to Aston Villa after being ruled out of the game with a groin injury.

Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry, who did not feature against Wales, is seen as the most likely player to don the captain’s armband as he has already skippered them in a friendly against Denmark in February.