Sven-Goran Eriksson

Sir Alex told me that.

And...

i arranged the meeting between efe and the players because it was was over my head i tried really to get rio because i thought as long as he's not judged he could play but it was no so at the end we went to turkey and we did a good game and everything

No.

And you know, at that time, this was the best four midfielders we had in England.

I think you cannot.

I could not at that time put one of these on the bench.

I wonder if the press would have said if I put one of them on the bench.

Well, some people were saying you were picking on reputation.

No, I picked because I was convinced these four are the best.

And I was always convinced that Gerrard and Lampard could play together.

You could have put Steven Gerrard to the left, maybe, and put Scholes in the middle.

But anyhow, this, for me, and I still believe, was the best team at that time.

I think it would be difficult.

Maybe Rooney could play wide.

But, you know, the players, the only one who was not used to play in this position was Scholes.

But I mean, Scholes, he came in always.

He didn't stay as a winger.

He came in and helped and got the ball and things like that.

So it was not a big problem for Paul.