Stuart Pearce<\/a> insists that he will not let the transfer values of his players cloud his judgement concerning who will make the starting line-up against Spain.<\/p>\nThe two sides meet each other on Sunday in their first game in Group B of the Under-21 European Championship tournament in Denmark.<\/p>\n
Jordan Henderson recently made a big-money move to Liverpool, while Phil Jones has been heavily linked with a high-price move to Manchester United.<\/p>\n
But Pearce insists that price tags have no bearing on what he thinks will be best for the team against the Spaniards.<\/p>\n
“It is of no interest to me what they’ve moved for in the transfer window – I treat them all the same,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n
“I have to pick a team of 11 – outside of that there will be disappointed people.<\/p>\n
“The only way we can get over the line is collectively. We can’t do it individually, or as a team of 11. We have to do it as a squad.<\/p>\n
“The boys outside the team will support the ones in it because they know, come Wednesday, they might be in it.<\/p>\n
“That is tournament football and we have to learn that.”<\/p>\n
The boss also retold the story of Joe Hart as an example to the players who will be left out of the starting line-up, as the goalkeeper was suspended for the final of the tournament back in 2009.<\/p>\n
But the shot-stopper has since managed to put in strong performances to make his way into the senior squad.<\/p>\n
“Joe Hart played all the qualifiers and the tournament games then got two bookings,” said Pearce.<\/p>\n
“He had to watch two goalkeepers and then be humble enough to do interviews after the game when he’s nearly in tears. The focus was the squad, not himself.”<\/p>\n
Pearce hinted that even captain Michael Mancienne’s place in the starting line-up is not a guaranteed one, and said: “We have chopped and changed captains over a two-year period.<\/p>\n
“It is an irrelevance. The one who captains tomorrow might not be in the team Wednesday.”<\/p>\n
He added: “We will play three nations, all vastly different in their styles of their play, in the group stage.<\/p>\n
“We have to cope with that and impose our style.”<\/p>\n
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