SVEN WON'T DROP SCHOLES OR BUTT

Last updated : 22 August 2003 By Editor
Sven has spoken of his admiration for our ginger
midfielders:

"I should be very surprised if I dropped Paul Scholes! I
have never had a problem with him, I like what I see. I know
that he can play much better than he did against Croatia but
it's a friendly and he's Paul Scholes. He's very important
to us.

"His scoring record for England doesn't concern me at all.
He will score again and he's scored a lot of goals for
Manchester United. As long as we score, it doesn't need to
be Paul Scholes doing it.

"Nicky Butt is very clever. He is sitting there and can read
the game and doesn't go forward as much, so in that way he
is important."