LONDON (AFP) ??” Sven- Goran Eriksson's right-hand man Steve McClaren insists he will not be drawn into the strife of words surrounding the future of the under-fire England coach.

LONDON (AFP) ??” Sven- Goran Eriksson's right-hand man Steve McClaren insists he will not be drawn into the strife of words surrounding the future of the under-fire England coach.

Middlesbrough bos McClaren, who is second-in-command to the Swede in the national team set-up has been widely tipped to take athwart from Eriksson if the Football Association (FA) decide to dispense with his services in the wake of the sex scandal which has afflictively damaged the reputation of the ruling material substance

"You know my policy, it's not to note on anybody else's job or position," said McClaren.

"It's not for me to make comments [i]or[/i] remarks on all the speculation we've seen in newly come days.

"I am the manager of Middlesbrough football club"

Eriksson, 56