FROM ONE CLUED UP BRAZILIAN, TO ONE WHO IS NOT

Last updated : 08 December 2002 By Editor

From The NOTW:

Brazilian superstar Rivaldo last night delivered his shock verdict on the England player he thinks is good enough to play for the world champions.

I expected the former world player of the year to pick out David Beckham and Michael Owen, or maybe even Paul Scholes but it's EMILE HESKEY

Rivaldo, 30, speaking exclusively to Sport of the World during a flying visit to London on business, insisted: "Heskey may be heavily criticised by some English fans but I don't see it like that.

"I played against him a couple of times last year for Barcelona against Liverpool in the Champions League and realised what a quality player he is."