Jones called up for World Cup qualifier

Sunderland manager Roy Keane could be heading for another row with FIFA vice-president Jack Warner after striker Kenwyne Jones…

Sunderland manager Roy Keane could be heading for another row with FIFA vice-president Jack Warner after striker Kenwyne Jones was called up for international duty with Trinidad and Tobago.

Jones, who was injured during T&T's friendly against England in June, missed Saturday's defeat to Portsmouth after injuring the same knee in training on Friday.

However, he has been included in an 18-man squad to face Cuba in a World Cup qualifier next week, apparently at his own request.

In September, Keane called Warner, who is a special advisor to the T&T football federation, "a clown" after a row over Dwight Yorke's withdrawal from a squad and blasted his failure to apologise for Jones' injury.

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Warner, who retaliated by calling Keane "disrespectful", has insisted Jones would be well looked after.

Warner told the TTFF's official website: "We are happy to have him back in the team. At first he was not called into the squad because of the fact that he was only now coming back from injury and we all know how difficult it can be for a player to get back to his accustomed place in the starting team for a club.

"We felt that it would serve him well to allow him that time.

"But when he indicated that he wanted to make a return for the Cuba game, we thought about it with manager Francis Maturana and we went ahead with the invitation.

"It will give him a chance to fit back into the team before the critical matches we should have coming up next year, once of course we seal our spot with a positive result against Cuba."