Dyer given two more days to prove fitness

Injured England midfielder Kieron Dyer has been given two more days to prove his fitness for the World Cup starting this month. “We wil...

Injured England midfielder Kieron Dyer has been given two more days to prove his fitness for the World Cup starting this month.

“We will have to wait two more days,” England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson told a news conference on Sunday at his team’s training camp on the South Korean Island of Cheju.

Dyer, 23, who missed 10 months last year through injury, hurt his knee after a reckless challenge from Moroccan defender Tahar el-Khalej while playing for his Premier League club Newcastle against Southampton.He joined England’s pre-World Cup camp in Dubai on Friday and flew with the team to Cheju on Saturday.

Sven Goran Ericsson with the England team at a preparatory camp at Cheju on Saturday. (Reuters)

Dyer said if he were not 100 per cent fit he would return home. “If I’m not 100 per cent I’m not going to kid myself and I’m going to be completely honest and tell the physios and England manager because they can’t be carrying any players in the World Cup,” he said.

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“On Wednesday they gave me 10 days to two weeks until I’ll be playing again so hopefully that’s a good sign and that comes true.”

England Football Association spokesman Paul Newman said that England also had injury concerns over defender Martin Keown (foot) and striker Robbie Fowler (hip). David Beckham however has resumed training after breaking a bone in his left foot.

The incident occurred during mentioning hours on October 6, when the CJI was sitting with Justice Chandran.

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