Jamie Carragher

And I think a lot of them, certainly Michael Owen in the room that night, and I'm sure a lot of the England players

They just wanted the best man for the job.

And obviously the FA at that time felt you were the best man for the job.

Kevin Keegan's last game.

That was my first squad.

First one I was in.

Yeah.

I got a manager sacked.

Sven, that's the team in front of us there, you see the team, and obviously this is before Wayne Rooney comes onto the scene, but that was your first, that was the best England team, if you like, that real 4-4-2, Owen and Heskey's relationship at Liverpool, and those midfield players also, we should say, before Frank Lampard maybe came on the scene as well.

I just wonder why we weren't ready in 2002.

No, but I think if you actually look at the team, this is the team that played against Brazil, Sven.

It's a lot different from the team that beat...

Germany, was that one of your feelings going in there?

You know, you've got no Steven Gerrard missing from midfield.

Gary Neville's missing, injured.

So did injuries make you lose that belief going into the tournament?

I want to speak to, I mean, we mentioned before those teams, Lampard isn't on the scene, Rooney isn't on the scene.

I think we get to 2004, and certainly I think if you speak to also Gary Neville, who was a bigger part of the squad than myself,

he always felt this was the best chance England had.

There's only Rio really missing from that team.