SUDDENLY THE CARLING CUP IS IMPORTANT AGAIN

“I'll be making changes and the accent will again be on the younger players. Of course this is now a competition we can afford to be a little more ambitious in.

"So Rio Ferdinand will probably be there as will, possibly, Gary Neville, because he still needs games under his belt, but I'll be playing as many of the younger players that I can.

"It means Rossi, Piquet, Bardsley, Richardson, Brown and maybe O'Shea."