? Premier League refuse to cancel pre-match handshakes
? Terry alleged to have insulted Ferdinand using racist language
John Terry and Anton Ferdinand face an awkward meeting on Sunday after it emerged that the Premier League has no intention of scrapping the pre-match handshakes between the Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers players at Stamford Bridge.
Terry is alleged to have insulted Ferdinand using racist language during the league fixture at Loftus Road in October. Terry, the Chelsea captain, was charged with a "racially aggravated public order offence" and he will defend himself at Westminster magistrates' court on 9 July. He was also stripped of the England captaincy by the Football Association on 3 February after the adjournment of his trial until after the Euro 2012 finals, a decision that led Fabio Capello to quit as the manager.
When Chelsea played Ferdinand's QPR in the FA Cup fourth round on 28 January at Loftus Road, the FA cancelled the handshakes between the teams in an attempt to "defuse further tensions" but the Premier League, it is understood, plan to follow a different course.
The League have discussed the matter and, although they recognise the sensitivity of the situation, they have concluded that it would be wrong to remove the entire pre-match process, which is designed to promote collective respect. They will leave it to Terry and Ferdinand to decide whether to shake hands, with the expectation being that they will not.
Ferdinand's team-mates are also considering whether to snub Terry, if he plays, in what will be a high-stakes match. Chelsea need the points to fire their top-four hopes; Rangers need them for their fight against relegation.
The situation is shaping up as a rerun of the Terry-Wayne Bridge controversy from February 2010, when all eyes were on the pre-match handshake between the pair, when Chelsea played Bridge's Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. It was the first time that the players had met since it was alleged that Terry had had a relationship with the mother of Bridge's son. Bridge did not shake Terry's hand.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/apr/23/chelsea-john-terry-qpr-anton-ferdinand
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