Gerrard: I’m not ready to call time on my England career
ENGLAND star Steven Gerrard expects manager Fabio Capello to make sweeping changes to the squad after sifting through the wreckage of their World Cup campaign.
But the 30-year-old midfielder has told Capello that he is not ready to step aside and call time on his international career.
Gerrard’s Liverpool team-mate has announced that is England career is over, following a tournament that ended with a brutal 4-1 defeat to Germany.
But the Three Lions’s stand-in captain is adamant he will not bow out of the national set-
up until he has eradicated that painful memory.
“There is no way I want the disappointment of the Germany game to be my last for England. It was such a low and I am determined to do as much as I can to make amends for what happened,” said Gerrard.
“I expect there to be a lot of changes to the squad and it is up to the manager whether I am selected, but I am going to continue to make myself available for my country.”
Gerrard is set to lead England in their next match, the friendly with Hungary at Wembley on 11 August, as skipper Rio Ferdinand is injured.