Jose Mourinho has offered to rest his senior England trio from the last two games of the season to help Sven-Goran Eriksson.

England boss Eriksson needs a boost after Wayne Rooney broke a bone in his foot which could rule him out of the World Cup finals. Chelsea have clinched the Premiership title and Mourinho says he is happy to protect John Terry, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole by leaving them out of the last two games of the season.

"My relationship with Sven is very good. I said to him: 'If you want my players to finish after we've played Manchester United, they will finish then'," said Mourinho. "I gave him that choice. I'm ready to help England if they think it is a help. I'm ready to let them finish for the season now, to have one more week to rest or have a holiday or go to some paradise."