Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is convinced more of his young players can break into the England squad.

The likes of Steve Sidwell and Curtis Davies cannot be discounted, even though the latter had a poor game on Saturday.

O'Neill said: "I'm well aware that at the moment, with England playing so well, it's going to be hard for the younger boys here to come in.

"I've told them the best thing to do is spend the next 18 months trying to be on that plane when it heads out to South Africa.

"They know that the England manager will, if he can, get to the games because he's interested in some of the younger players. It's up to each of those players to try to bust a gut to get in."