da doce: John Terry and Ashley Cole are both likely to line-up against Anton Ferdinand’s Queens Park Rangers in a highly charged London derby, reports ITV Football.
da imperador bet: The first meeting between the two clubs since John Terry was found not guilty of using a racial slur against Ferdinand is likely to rise in tension due to the inclusion of the two England defenders.
Terry still faces a Football Association charge in relation to incident, which happened in the corresponding fixture last year, while Cole was a character witness for the former England captain.
Both Chelsea men were unavailable for England due to injury but trained yesterday ahead of Saturday’s match.
Ferdinand is also set to be fit after suffering a shoulder injury last time out against Manchester City, speculation building that the former England under 21 defender could snub both men at the pre-match handshake.
Two fixtures between the R’s and the Blues have took place since the incident but both times obligatory handshakes were abolished, with the pending court case dealt with, that will not be the case this year.
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