LONDON Dec 11 Hosts England couM play iwo mKhe* in South Africa as part ol their buiki-up to next vear s European Charnpi onship finals, reports Reuter

When he announced hia 23-man squad on Tuesday for the Wembley friendly against Portugal on December 12. England coach Terry Venables said he had asked commercial director Trevor Phillips to investigate the possibility of playing in Johannesburg and Sun Ctty

England have never played the South Africans in a senior international The laat official visit was by a Football Association (FAJ XI in 1958.