Bent gets England call

[kzmoks]

The Italian made the decision after West Ham United's Carlton Cole was ruled out with a thigh injury picked up in Saturday's 4-0 win over Slovakia.

Capello also has a major doubt over Aston Villa's Emile Heskey, who will undergo a scan on Sunday after lasting just 14 minutes before limping off with what the England coach described as cramp.

Bent won the last of his four caps in November, when he was part of the team that registered an historic win over Germany in Berlin.

Previously, the 24-year-old was a substitute when England suffered their catastrophic home defeat to Croatia that cost them a place at Euro 2008.

With Newcastle United's Michael Owen and Bolton Wanderers' Kevin Davies ruled out as potential replacements for Cole, the only other possibility was Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor, but he pulled out of the Under-21 victory in Norway with a hamstring strain.

Capello will wait for the results of the scan on Heskey, who prodded England in front after just eight minutes to break an international scoring drought that dates back almost six years, before deciding whether he needs further reinforcements.

However, Portsmouth's Peter Crouch should be fit for the World Cup qualifier despite taking a hefty bang on the hip from former Liverpool team-mate Martin Skrtel that forced him off before the end.

In addition, Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand should be available for Wednesday's match after scans on a groin injury that caused him to miss out on Saturday revealed no damage.

[kayshafiQ]

it is up to bent to show what he is made of right now. had a decent performance for spurs for last couple of week and also manage to keep his place in the starting 11. but he must stay cautious cuz defoe will be back in a couple of week and pavy had a decent performance as a lone striker 4 russia and also score a goal to round of his great performance in that match.

[Edwin]

Hope that the call-up will inject some confidence into him so Bent can start shooting Straight again.

[su1409]

I've got this feeling that Bent will be back on the spurs bench when Defoe is ready to play regardless he perform well with spurs/england cos arry rate Defoe rather highly and he(bent)
will be offload in the summer...he must go cos he does not have any future with spurs.

[kayshafiQ]

Look like bent doesn't have the chance to prove anythings. he is currently injured while training with the england squad and had been replace by gaby.