Taylor and McClaren to decide on 'young' England

Peter Taylor, the temporary England coach, will this week hold a second and final meeting with his assistant Steve McClaren before announcing his squad for the friendly against Italy in Turin on 15 November.

Peter Taylor, the temporary England coach, will this week hold a second and final meeting with his assistant Steve McClaren before announcing his squad for the friendly against Italy in Turin on 15 November.

The Leicester City manager, Taylor, and Manchester United's second-in-command, McClaren, held initial talks last Thursday evening when they discussed possible contenders to face the Italians. They will get together again during the next few days in a brief break from club commitments before Taylor reveals his squad next Thursday. But the former England Under-21 coach re-affirmed that the accent will be put on youth - with players not involved in the World Cup qualifiers with Germany and Finland called into his plans.

Taylor said: "I have said I would be giving one or two youngsters a go. I didn't say that they would be brand new to the squad - but they not have played the last time [against Germany and Finland].

"The way I feel about things is that I might be doing the new England coach a favour with that approach. They might be looking at somebody and not be sure whether they can do the business or not - and a World Cup qualifying game would have too much pressure to blood a youngster. But I have the scope in a friendly international to be able to do that."

Milan will not face expulsion from the Champions' League after playing the Brazilian goalkeeper Nelson Dida in their campaign this season. It was thought that Dida - who made the last-minute blunder to gift Leeds a 1-0 victory over the Serie A side on 19 September - originally signed for Milan as a European Community player, despite owning a forged Portuguese passport.

Dida's registration has now been altered, but Milan still face investigation by the Italian football authorities.