Choice: Most believe Hodgson only wanted one of John Terry or Ferdinand in the squad

The United star believes his international future may be over but Hodgson told BBC Sport today: 'Ferdinand has no reason to fear for his international future.

'All the time he's playing, I'll keep watching.'

Hodgson said there was never any prospect of Ferdinand being selected for Euro 2012 when Cahill was injured, claiming he had even considered recalling broken-toe victim Kyle Walker.

'Our first thought was Kyle Walker because he was one of my original selections,' he said.

'We did get in touch with him just to check whether the toe had cleared up. It hadn't, so then we turned back to Martin Kelly.

'There was never any question of, "Which player should I take here?"'

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