Baines desperate to make amends

Leighton Baines is desperate to avoid missing out on another World Cup with England.

Baines made a late surge into the England squad prior to the 2010 World Cup but despite starting the warm-up games against Egypt and Mexico, Fabio Capello cut the defender loose, omitting him from his 23-man party for South Africa.

Baines will have a second chance to play for England at a World Cup next summer providing that Roy Hodgson’s men finish the job tomorrow night by beating Poland at Wembley.