On CHRIS SMALLING

Dier “We have players like Stones and and Maguire who are even better. “That’s probably the toughest call I’ve had to make because of the team that Chris is playing for and the fact he’s playing and keeping clean sheets. “We want to play a certain way. The to players we’ve brought in we want see using the ball from the back and a building up in a certain way. That’s style I want to have a look at. “It’s no use us playing from the back and giving goals away. We had in the best defensive record in Europe qualifying. But we’re nowhere near the highest scorers and so we’ve got to address that. Part of that is being able to build and create chances. “There are some young players for I whom this is a good opportunity. know what Chris can do. We’ve picked as young defenders who haven’t got many games under their belt so this is a great chance to look at them.”