Carragher on brink of quitting England

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — Liverpool centre-back Jamie Carragher is on the brink of quitting international football in frustration at being regarded as a fringe squad player by England coach Steve McClaren.

The defender has been outstanding for his club in the Premiership and Champions League over the last two seasons, but he is not even first reserve with England, a fact that was highlighted last month when, with Rio Ferdinand injured, Ledley King started ahead of him in a key Euro 2008 qualifier in Estonia.

Carragher, 29, has also grown frustrated at being used as a stand-in left or right-back rather than in his preferred role in the middle, where Ferdinand and captain John Terry form McClaren's first-choice partnership.

"There are a number of reasons why I've been...

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