Rio Ferdinand questions lack of Swansea City players in England squad

Rio Ferdinand has expressed his confusion at Roy Hodgson's failure to include any Swansea City players in his England squad for Euro 2012.

The Three Lions, who exited the competition at the quarter-final stage to Italy last weekend, were widely criticised for their failure to retain possession during all four of their matches.

In contrast, statistics show that the Swans were one of the best teams in the Premier League at keeping hold of the ball last season.

Talking on Twitter, Manchester United defender Ferdinand said that such facts should have made the inclusion of some Swansea players in the squad a forgone conclusion.

"All this talk about we have teams who can keep the ball like Swansea, Man Utd, City, AFC etc. How many english players start in those teams?" he posted.

"Swansea probably kept the ball better than any english team but had no players in our squad. Leon Britton was the xavi of the PL last year!"

Ferdinand, who has 81 caps, failed to make England's 23-man party.