England's hopes of lifting the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ trophy were dealt another heavy blow with news that Ledley King is out for three weeks.
The Sun reported that the Tottenham Hotspur captain, who damaged an abductor muscle in his groin in England's 1-1 draw against the USA on Saturday night is likely to face three weeks on the sidelines.
That could effectively rule him out of the rest of the tournament with Fabio Capello now down to three fit central defenders in John Terry, Matthew Upson and Michael Dawson.
The Italian tactician took a huge gamble in naming King in his 23-man squad, and that decision seems to have backfired.
Speaking to the media, Capello said: "We have three other central defenders, Carragher, Michael Dawson and Matthew Upson. I hope we have no more injuries.
"The problem is not the injuries. The problem is only the result of the game."
It was revealed that Terry informed the bench about King's injury, just moments after Steven Gerrard scored for England in the fourth minute.
Carragher came on as his replacement but did not look comfortable at all with his lack of pace, glaringly exposed by the likes of Landon Donovan and Jozy Altidore.
England's next game in Group C will be against Algeria on Friday.
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