International: Scotland boss Vogts wants England friendly

Scotland manager Berti Vogts wants to arrange a friendly against quality opposition and has Sven-Goran Eriksson’s England in his sights.

The former Germany international and coach is determined to field his new-look Scotland side against quality opposition as he heads towards the Euro 2004 qualifying campaign.

Vogts is also looking at the possibility of games against Argentina and Brazil in the near future as he assesses his best side for the opening qualifier in the Faroe Islands on September 7.

But Vogts admits his more immediate aim is fixing up a date against the Auld Enemy.

‘‘I’m looking for strong teams for matches, maybe we can play a friendly against England and we are looking at Italy,’’ said Vogts.

‘‘We have to go to South America and we have to play the best teams in the world, the Brazilians maybe or the Argentinians.

‘‘We have to talk to the managers and the clubs and that will help the clubs in Scotland and it will help the national team.’’