Taylor: Sven apology will have put players back onside

Players’ union chief Gordon Taylor believes the England team will still give their backing to manager Sven-Goran Eriksson despite his indiscreet remarks about some of them to an undercover reporter.

The Swede made unhelpful comments about David Beckham, Michael Owen, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney and Shaun Wright-Phillips to the News of the World reporter, who was posing as an Arab sheikh with a view to invest in the English game.