Whitehead says Stoke skipper Shawcross exhibiting England type
Arsenal Stoke Metropolis Stoke City midfielder Dean Whitehead praised skipper Ryan Shawcross for his overall performance in defeat at Arsenal . Shawcross played at Arsenal for the initial time given that his challenge which left Gunners midfielder Aaron Ramsey with a broken leg at the Britannia Stadium last season. “Fabio (Capello) couldn’t fail to have been impressed,” Whitehead instructed The Sentinel . “I do not assume …

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Aston Villa’s January signing Jean Makoun will start off a three-sport ban and be unavailable to face Blackburn. Skipper Stiliyan Petrov, Barry Bannan and Michael Bradley, an additional of supervisor Gerard Houllier’s transfer window captures, will be in contention to substitute Makoun.