In May 2010, Fabio Capello announced that Huddlestone would be in his preliminary World Cup squad of 30 players.
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However, things were not as happy as they seemed on the surface with Burley's relationship with director of football Murdo Mackay and the club's board (who sold star player Tom Huddlestone without informing Burley) being very strained.