LONDON: England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson looked to the present and the future rather than the past on Monday after the prospect of striker Alan Shearer coming out of retirement to play for his country ended.
Eriksson, preparing for two critical Euro 2004 qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Turkey, said he would obviously have considered picking Newcastle United’s Shearer if he was available again – but the story was now closed.
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