Euro 2012 News: 21% of Euro 2012 Squad Members Play Their Football in England

We’re now in the single digits. Only 9 days to go until Euro 2012 kicks off! And the amount of news is beginning to increase considerably, as evidenced by the list below.

Instead of scouring all of the sites looking for Euro 2012-related news, EPL Talk does the work for you. Here are all of the Euro 2012 stories you need to know:

• Euro 2012 squads by numbers: Melting pot England sends 21% of all players — Sporting Intelligence
• Mario Balotelli threatens to ‘kill’ banana-throwing fans — The Guardian
• Euro 2012: the squads in full — The Guardian
• Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli will walk off the pitch if he becomes a victim of racism — The Telegraph
• Poland profile – Robert Lewandowski — The Guardian
• Euro 2012 And Disdain for the nPower Championship — The Two Unfortunates
  
• Franciszek Smuda names Poland’s final 23-man squad — The Guardian
• Creating the Holland ’88 kit into a Subbuteo design — The Football Attic
• Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin names final squad — The Guardian
• Euro 2012: a best European XI left out of squads — The Telegraph
  
• Italy canceled yesterday’s friendly against Luxembourg in Parma after earthquake — The Guardian
  
• Italy coach gives Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli the squad number nine shirt — BBC Sport
  
• Johan Elmander named in Sweden squad despite injury fears — The Guardian
  
• Injured defender Kevin Foley is replaced by Paul McShane in the Ireland squad — BBC Sport
  
• Republic of Ireland’s Kevin Foley ‘betrayed’ by Giovanni Trapattoni — The Guardian
  
• Russia were held to an uninspiring 0-0 draw by Lithuania in their latest pre-Euro 2012 friendly — Sky Sports
  
• Italy coach Cesare Prandelli defends decision to select Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci for finals — The Telegraph
  
• Dejan Lovren out of Croatia squad with achilles injury — The Guardian
  
• German football players will travel to Poland to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau — The Independent