Blackburn Rovers fullback Stephen Warnock admits playing in midfield may hurt his international chances.

Asked if his change of position could jeopardise his England hopes, Warnock said: "It's a possibility, but if it's something I have to sacrifice, it's just one of those things.

"We'll have to wait and see because it's not definite that I'll be staying in midfield anyway, you'd have to ask the manager where he sees me playing in the long term.

"But at the moment he sees me as a midfielder and I'm happy to do that."

Of his role under Paul Ince, Warnock added: "The manager sees me in there to break the play up a bit and give the ball to Tugay, and let him do what he does best.

"With Vince (Grella) coming into the team against Boro, he asked me to play a little bit more of an advanced role and hopefully I did that okay."