Fabio Capello's England squad for World Cup 2010 announcement has raised a few eyebrows.

Missing you already: you won't be seeing much of Melanie Slade and at the World Cup Theo Walcott this summer

World Cup losers

Theo Walcott: Claimed he ‘deserved’ to be in the squad over the weekend. Having not deserved his bizarre call-up in 2006, perhaps his surprising omission from Fabio Capello’s squad is a case of what goes around, comes around. Pace to burn, but clearly doesn’t do enough when he has the ball.

Leighton Baines: Appeared to have edge over Stephen Warnock by playing against Mexico. Not great, but not bad either. Didn’t help his cause by admitting to suffering from homesickness, which would obviously be triggered by six weeks in a Rustenburg boot camp.

Michael Dawson: Ended the season in great form for Spurs, but still to win a cap under Capello and the Italian clearly has reservations about the centre-half. Young enough to bounce back and become a central figure at Brazil 2014.

Scott Parker: Would have seemed the ideal candidate as cover for Gareth Barry, but failure to make an appearance against Mexico or Japan did not bode well for the West Ham captain. But is really international class or just a very good Premier League player?

Adam Johnson: Can count himself unlucky to miss out, despite starting the season in the Championship with Middlesbrough. Had he spent an extra six months at Manchester City, Johnson might just have squeezed in ahead of Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Tom Huddlestone: Looked out of his depth in the friendly against Japan and, with Capello forced to choose between him and Michael Carrick, he simply had to go for the Manchester United midfielder, despite his poor form last season. Carrick has been there and done it. Huddlestone is still getting there.

Darren Bent: The Sunderland forward scored 24 Premier League goals last season, a mere 21 more than Emile Heskey, but Heskey’s ability to get the best out of Wayne Rooney swung it for the Aston Villa forward. But is Bent really good enough to help England win the World Cup?

Melanie Slade: Theo’s girlfriend was too young to cash in on the WAG scene in 2006. This was her big chance to hit the front pages. It’ll have to be I’m a Celebrity instead now. If they want her....

World Cup winners

Ledley King’s personal trainer: Nathan Gardiner developed a tailor-made programme for King at Tottenham Hotspur, and was given permission to join England's backroom staff at their Austrian training camp. Going the extra mile has brought the "patient" a trip to the World Cup.

Shaun Wright-Phillips: Having been edged out of the Manchester City team by Adam Johnson in recent weeks, Wright-Phillips might just feel a touch fortunate to make the squad ahead of his Eastlands team-mate. But after missing out on Germany 2006, he will be keen to make up for that disappointment.

Ian Wright: Now that little Shaun has made the squad, Wrighty will be able to justify his daily rants on Talksport. Could be the most entertaining nonsense of the whole World Cup.

Joe Cole: Could be the first free agent to play in a World Cup for England. His Chelsea contract expires on June 30 and he won’t be moving anywhere until he’s back from South Africa. Great shop window, though.

Stephen Warnock: Sit on the bench for two friendlies, make no mistakes and get picked for the World Cup. Sometimes it’s better to let others cut their own throats, but the Aston Villa full-back won’t be complaining about his good fortune.

Joe Hart: The Manchester City keeper has come from nowhere at the start of the season to win a place in the squad. After his impressive display against Japan on Sunday, he might even start against the USA next week.

Twitter: Darren Bent can start tweeting again now that he’s not going to South Africa. Be interesting to read his views on Emile Heskey.