Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya lashe gasar Ingila ta farko a matsayin mai maye gurbin Faransa a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2002
, amma ya sami nasarar cin nasara ne kawai tun daga lokacin, galibi a lokacin Gasar Kasashe Shida ta 2004, yana fitowa daga benci a Rome da Murrayfield. An kuma dauke shi a matsayin Man of the Match don Ingila A da Faransa A a watan Maris na 2004 <unk> tare da hukunce-hukunce biyar da sauyawa.