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WALCOTT BLOW

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England were left with a major blow with the news that Arsenal winger Theo Walcott was set to miss the World Cup after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in the match against Tottenham. As a result, he has been ruled out for the rest of the season. Walcott has been one of the important players for the England national team over the years, but the midfielder is yet to feature in the World Cup. He was taken to the 2006 World Cup as a surprise inclusion by Sven Goran Eriksson, but he did not play a match.

The subsequent tournaments have also been missed by the 24-year-old due to injury. He had to be carried off by a stretcher during the 2-0 win over Tottenham. He did not appear to be in serious pain, but the injury has proven otherwise. Roy Hodgson has admitted that this is indeed a major blow for the national team, who are not expected to win the World Cup. They are the same group containing Uruguay and Italy, which makes them third favourites to qualify for the knockout stages. Costa Rica are the other team in the group.

Walcott has been in fine scoring form for Arsenal since last season, but he has missed most of this campaign. He had only returned from a spell on the sidelines.

“It is such a shame that we have lost a player of his calibre for the World Cup. It is a blow for him personally, and for both Arsenal and England. Having worked with him for two years as England manager I know the character he has, and I know he will come back even stronger from this setback,” said Hodgson.

Despite this injury, sports rehabilitation experts have predicted that there is a chance that Walcott may get fit in time for the World Cup.

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READY FOR THE DRAW

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As the 32 qualified teams are preparing themselves for the draw that will be held on December 6 in a five-star Atlantic holiday resort in Brazil not everybody is expecting the tournament to go as planned with the 47 years old Brazilian Socialist Party politician and World Cup winner of 1994 Romari de Souza Faria concerned about the process in which it will be held.

‘FIFA are only here in Brazil for the money and to line their pockets,’ he told The Mail on Sunday. ‘Do FIFA care if Brazil has proper transport in the cities or a structural legacy? No. FIFA are just worried whether the stadiums will be ready on time.

‘Who rules in Brazil today? FIFA. They come, put on a circus, pay no tax and take the profit. The greatest benefit from the World Cup will not be left to Brazilian people, but to FIFA, to media groups, to sponsors and to contractors’.

‘I am not surprised that there were huge protests in the streets in the summer and I expect the same again. Our hospitals and schools are underfunded and there are huge social divisions, yet we are wasting billions of pounds of public money on mega-events, starting with the World Cup.’ Romario said.

The opening of the upcoming World Cup is scheduled to be in Sao Paulo on June 12 but an unfortunate event saw 2 construction workers dying after a crane toppled the stadium in the place that is supposed to be the inaugurational event which sets the tone for the remainder of the tournament.

Romario’s main worry is that Brazil will be spending money on football instead of where it should be spent on, its people. After all the preparations are completed the amount of money spent is expected to reach £7.6billion and with a country that has already experienced problems hosting events of this caliber, it really does come into mind if they will be ready to be at the eyes of the world by June 12th.