Scholes rejects talk of England return
Manchester United veteran midfielder Paul Scholes maintains that it will not make a return to England, four years after turning his back on the international game.
After England at Wembley disjointed 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic there have been calls in some quarters for 33 years to consider a return to the fold, but Scholes said there is no chance of that, after refusing a means of doing so when Steve McClaren was in charge.
"When he was appointed Steve McClaren rang me and asked me to come back. It came down to training and asked if I fancied," Scholes told the Manchester Evening News.
"It means a lot for me, but I do not think I was never that close that I would have said yes."
Asked if he would even refuse a request if it were to materialize, McClaren's successor Fabio Capello, Scholes, insists: "Yes. He was not on reflection, it was too much or I was not capable - it is just that when I played I did not enjoy it a little. "
Since hanging up his shirt Three Lions after the final of Euro 2004 Scholes has shrugged off a serious eye complaint to lift consecutive Premier League titles - he won eight in all - and scored the goal against Barcelona which took in U.S. Last season Champions League final.
He insisted he still has a lot of hunger at the club.
"I'm 34 in November and we hope to be still playing when I'm 35.
"Anything after this will be a bonus. As long as I still feel I am contributing to United, I will continue."
After England at Wembley disjointed 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic there have been calls in some quarters for 33 years to consider a return to the fold, but Scholes said there is no chance of that, after refusing a means of doing so when Steve McClaren was in charge.
"When he was appointed Steve McClaren rang me and asked me to come back. It came down to training and asked if I fancied," Scholes told the Manchester Evening News.
"It means a lot for me, but I do not think I was never that close that I would have said yes."
Asked if he would even refuse a request if it were to materialize, McClaren's successor Fabio Capello, Scholes, insists: "Yes. He was not on reflection, it was too much or I was not capable - it is just that when I played I did not enjoy it a little. "
Since hanging up his shirt Three Lions after the final of Euro 2004 Scholes has shrugged off a serious eye complaint to lift consecutive Premier League titles - he won eight in all - and scored the goal against Barcelona which took in U.S. Last season Champions League final.
He insisted he still has a lot of hunger at the club.
"I'm 34 in November and we hope to be still playing when I'm 35.
"Anything after this will be a bonus. As long as I still feel I am contributing to United, I will continue."
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