Under-fire England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has received a welcome boost after defender Rio Ferdinand claimed that he has no problem with the Swede.
Eriksson was recently lured into making indiscreet comments about several high-profile members of his squad, including Ferdinand.
Although complementing the Manchester United defender's ability, Eriksson did also say that Ferdinand was 'lazy sometimes'.
However, Ferdinand revealed the manager has already spoken to him about the incident and it would seem there are no hard feelings.
"I certainly don't bear any grudges," Ferdinand told The Sun. "I spoke to Sven and I respect him for calling me, but knowing him as I do, I would have expected him to do that.
"There's no problem between us. He supported me during my ban for missing a drug test and has always played fair with me in the past.
"I'm not going to discuss what was said between us and I won't dwell on it. It's happened and that's it. I can't speak for the other players, but as far as I'm concerned, it hasn't undermined my relationship with him."
