Совсем недавно было официально подтверждено, что Робин Ван Перси пропустит, как минимум, несколько недель.

Напомним, что нападающий лондонского "Арсенала" повредил голеностоп левой ноги в матче Премьер Лиги против "Блэкберн Роверс".

Голландский футбольный союз заявил, что Ван Перси не примет участия в отборочных матчах чемпионата Европы 2012 года, против Сан-Марино и Финляндии, так как выбыл на небольшое время из строя.

Совсем недавно Ван Перси уже получал подобную более серьезную травму ноги, после которой пропустил 5 месяце в прошлом сезоне.

Скорее всего "Арсенал" останется без нового голкипера в этом сезоне, после того, как Шей Гивен решил остаться в "Манчестер Сити" и бороться за основное место с Джо Хартом.

До окончания трансферного окна осталось менее 24 часов, и "канониры" врядли смогут осуществить трансфер Марка Шварцера.

Марк Хьюз заявлял в субботу следующее: "Я всегда заинтересован в качественных игроках и Шей Гивен именно таким и является".

"Но я сказал себе, что если мы не сможем приобрести кого-либо, Шварцеру придется остаться".

England coach Fabio Capello has named his 24-man squad for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland.

Matthew Upson has been handed an opportunity to put his World Cup pain behind him. Upson slumped to number five on Capello's list of central defenders in South Africa after the Italian drafted in Jamie Carragher and Ledley King.

He eventually played twice in the campaign but was then dropped for last month's victory over Hungary after a poor performance in the World Cup defeat to Germany.

However, with John Terry pulling out through injury, Carragher once again retired from England duty and Capello not taking a chance on King's fitness, Upson once again finds his services are required.

new faces

Upson takes his place in a 24-man squad that shows seven new faces from the one that overcame Hungary in a friendly earlier this month thanks to a brace from Steven Gerrard.

Aside from Terry, Frank Lampard and Bobby Zamora have been ruled out through injury, while both Wes Brown and Paul Robinson have retired.

As youngster Jack Wilshere has been relegated back to the Under-21 squad and doubts remain over a number of players, Capello has been forced to make extensive changes.

The faces are all familiar though, including Scott Carson, who last appeared as a substitute in the friendly win over Germany in Berlin two years ago.

The other inclusions are Michael Carrick, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe, who were all in Capello's World Cup squad, plus Manchester City's Joleon Lescott, who missed out through injury.

Lescott has played in all City's Barclays Premier League matches so far at left-back, although with Kieran Gibbs named as back-up to Ashley Cole, the former Everton star seems to have been selected as cover in central defence.

awaiting checks

Capello will be anxiously awaiting checks on a number of players when his squad meet up at their Watford training base on Monday.

The fitness of Crouch and Defoe, who has put off a groin operation that had been planned for this week, has been questioned by Harry Redknapp, and Everton's Phil Jagielka suffered a bruised foot in Sunday's Barclays Premier League defeat at Aston Villa.

In all, Capello has selected 13 of his World Cup 23 for the first competitive matches of what has been dubbed a new era.

Of the remainder, only Gibbs and Manchester City's Adam Johnson could truly be described as new faces, although Joe Hart now seems to be established as first choice keeper even though he does not include a competitive appearance among his four caps despite being included in Capello's World Cup squad.

England squad in full

Scott Carson (West Brom), Ben Foster (Birmingham), Joe Hart (Manchester City).

Gary Cahill (Bolton), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Michael Dawson (Tottenham), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Joleon Lescott (Manchester City), Matthew Upson (West Ham)

Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Adam Johnson (Manchester City), James Milner (Manchester City), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City), Ashley Young (Aston Villa)

Darren Bent (Sunderland), Carlton Cole (West Ham), Peter Crouch (Tottenham), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).