Queen’s Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand turned up the pressure on Chelsea and England captain John Terry by breaking his silence by saying he had “very strong feelings” about any possible racial abuse from Terry.
Ferdinand has today issued the following statement on the QPR web site read:
Today (Monday 31st October 2011) I finalised my statement with the Football Association with regards to the incident that occurred last Sunday at Loftus Road in our Barclays Premier League fixture against Chelsea.
I have very strong feelings on the matter, but in the interests of fairness and not wishing to prejudice what I am sure will be a very thorough enquiry by the FA, this will be my last comment on the subject until the enquiry is concluded.
I would like to thank the Club, Tony Fernandes, Amit Bhatia, Neil Warnock, the supporters and my fellow professionals for their unwavering support.
Ferdinand’s public statement ups the pressure on the Terry and the FA. Fabio Capello will name his England squad for the upcoming games international friendlies and it will be interesting to see if he picks Terry as the FA will not have ruled on Ferdinand’s charge by then.
