STIG Tofting is tipping his new team-mate and former international sidekick, Per Frandsen, to play in the World Cup Finals this summer.

Wanderers' new combative midfield player, who completed his £250,000 move from SV Hamburg yesterday, looks certain to book his ticket to Japan and Korea after playing an influential role in their qualification.

And he reckons he should have Frandsen - currently sidelined with an ankle injury - alongside him.

"When he gets fit from his injury, I don't see any problem," Tofting said confidently. "Per has been in there before and, if he plays as he can, he will be there."

Tofting, who has struck up an effective midfield partnership with Everton's Thomas Gravesen at international level, is in an 18-strong Denmark squad for Wednesday's friendly in Saudi Arabia.