FORMER England star John Terry has blamed Marks & Spencer suits for the 2010 World Cup exit.

He said the players were sweating in them on a stifling team bus before the defeat to Germany in South Africa.

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Terry, now 43, claimed the lads asked boss Fabio Capello — via skipper Steven Gerrard — if they could take them off but were refused.

The ex-Chelsea defender recalled: “We had an hour and 20 minutes on the bus and all the players were asking, ‘Stevie, speak to the gaffer about suits, we don’t want to wear suits, it’s hot, it’s horrible’.”

But he claimed they were told the FA had a deal with M&S.

He said when they got off the bus, sweating as the air con was not working, they saw their opponents arriving in Bloemfontein in shorts and flip flops.

He added: “Someone’s responsible for that.”

England lost 4-1, with Frank Lampard’s over-the-line strike ruled out in the round of 16 tie.

But Terry admitted the squad underachieved, saying: “There’s no getting away from the fact it’s us as players.

“We were miles off it.”