Tucked away tightly between a high-scoring weekend of Premier League action and an almost certainly equally frantic transfer deadline day, Fabio Capello last night named his first competitive England squad.
While the omission of Michael Owen has been the story thatâÂÂs dominated the back pages this morning, the issue that will have really caught the football publicâÂÂs imagination will have been the shock inclusion of Jimmy Bullard.
Bullard: Looking sharp as ever
But should it have been a shock? FourFourTwo.com can exclusively reveal Fabio CapelloâÂÂs reasoning for selecting the lovable 70âÂÂs throwback.
To do this we need point you no further than our sister website FootballTalentSpotter.com, a nifty little site that allows you, the football public, to rate every professional footballer in Great Britain.
At the time of writing Mr Bullard was sat in 13th place in our Hotlist, making him the fifth highest English Premier League midfielder. However with Steven Gerrard (crocked) and Paul Scholes (retired) ahead of him, he more than warrants a place in the team for SaturdayâÂÂs match with Andorra, and thatâÂÂs scienceâ¦or democracyâ¦or something.
"I'm not sure who to put on, anyone got a Blackberry?"
Anyway, the esteemed Mr Capello is obviously using FootballTalentSpotter.com to help him pick his squads, which can only be good news for Wolvesâ Matt Jarvis, who at the time of writing was floating around the lower half of the HotlistâÂÂs top 10.
It might be worth waiting by the phone Matt if Frank Lampard picks up a knock, thatâÂÂs all weâÂÂre saying...
