Boro want to keep Schwarzer

Middlesbrough are keen to hang on to Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer. The keeper has spent 11 years at the Riverside, and Schwarzer is in talks regarding a new contract but several sides are interested in making a move.

Southgate commented: "Mark's contract is up in the summer, but it's one of those situations where he is playing so well you don't want to upset things.

"But it is a situation I am conscious of. He didn't want to talk about it until January at the earliest.

"I have got a very good relationship with him, but I need to talk to him and see what his thoughts are as much as anything."