FA Chief Executive Adam Crozier went on the record today about several of the key issues currently in football. Here's what he had to say on....

Jonathan Woodgate

Our position hasn't changed for quite a few months. We said back in Busan at the World Cup draw that you couldn't keep punishing people forever and that Jonathan Woodgate would be available after the World Cup. Our position hasn't changed on that.

By this month, he will have been banned for two years and nine months. He will have been banned for a European Championship Finals, he will have missed the World Cup Finals. I think the majority of people would see that two years and nine months is a long time. In fairness to him, he can't ever get back a European Championship and a World Cup Finals. At some point you have to draw a line, as you do with everything in life, and let someone move on.

Equally, the rules for englandfans do allow anyone that is banned to appeal on the grounds that they would no longer be considered 'high risk'. Having served two years and nine months, we think that is long enough and we go back to what we said in Busan - that it's wrong to keep punishing someone on an ongoing basis. Therefore he is available.

I am saying that he is available for selection. The question of whether he is picked or not is an entirely different one which is 100% a decision for the coach.

I have no doubt that, as he does with every player, if Sven selects him [Jonathan Woodgate], he will sit down with him and explain to him what he expects from an England player. In fairness, though, that's what he does with every player.

On Disciplinary and Legal Cases In General

You must take every case on its individual merits. You can't have a 'catch-all' rule, and I don't think we ever have. We have tried to be consistent and I think we have been. I don't think too many people would disagree with the stances that we have taken.

It's worth remembering that the vast majority of players behave extremely well. They deserve a lot of credit for the work that they do in communities. A lot of it goes untalked about but they do a fantastic amount of work. We are also trying to educate all the players who are coming through the academies. The clubs are putting a fantastic amount of work and effort into that and I think that's bearing fruit. Equally you have to accept that with young men sometimes it will go wrong and you have to deal with that as and when it arises. 

Roy Keane

We got the book a couple of days ago. I spent some time reading it last night. We've also spoken to both Manchester City and Manchester United over the past few days. Some time ago we wrote to Roy [Keane] asking him for his observations as well. He was given the normal fourteen days to reply which is due up at the beginning of next week so, no doubt, we'll get that in the next few days.

As soon as we've got that, having now read the book and looked at everything, we'll make a decision.

[The tackle] was dealt with in the way these things are dealt with. What we are looking at whether what he has said has brought the game into disrepute because of whether of not it was a pre-meditated tackle. That's what changes the nature of it.

Football needs to deal with things properly and professionally and that's what we aim to do. In an ideal world football should deal with its own issues but clearly you can't stop people going outside of that if they feel that's what is right for them.

David Beckham's Forthcoming Autobiography

David is the sort to naturally bring something to people anyway in terms of wanting to make sure that he writes the right kind of book. I don't know what the whole book is about but I would fully expect him, as England captain, to ensure that what he is writing is acceptable to everyone.

I think he would do that anyway - whether you asked him or not.

Wembley

Everything is progressing extremely well and I'm very hopeful that it will come to an entire completion in the next two weeks. The slight delay has just been the mountains of paperwork and the contracts which need to be completed by all the parties involved in building a National Stadium.

It hasn't been that any problems have arisen; it's just been the sheer physical amount of documents. I am very hopeful that sometime in the next two weeks it will receive full and final sign off in all aspects.

In terms of athletics, if a major championships are won for this country, the stadium, through a new platform solution, converts to a 65,000 athletics stadium which takes about six weeks to turnaround. In terms of when it will be ready, it takes basically around three years to build. So, if work starts in Autumn 2002, we will get completion in Autumn 2005.