Villa boss McLeish: Redknapp will probably pick Sandra for England before Bent!

Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish believes Darren Bent won't have to worry about his England place under Harry Redknapp.

Bent was offloaded from Tottenham by Redknapp and, after one missed chance by the player, joked that his wife Sandra could have scored it

McLeish said: "I've not spoken to Darren about it. I can understand his concern but Harry will look at all possibilities and see Darren's record is pretty good.

"He may pick Sandra first! Seriously, I think Benty will have as good a chance as anyone if he keeps scoring goals, and he has been scoring recently.

"He missed a few last week but again he was in the right positions. He had three or four shots at goal, a good ratio away from home in one game."