The England
captain drew level with Sir Bobby Charlton on 49 goals at the weekend
and will seek to finally break new ground against Switzerland at Wembley
tonight.
It came as Rooney insisted he would
find it difficult to ever turn his back on his country and that he would
have to be pushed into retirement by the national coach of the day.
"I
feel I've got still quite a lot of games left to play for England,"
said the striker, who would become only the 44th international player to
reach half-a-century of goals for their respective country.
"If I was sat here saying 'I just want to get 50 goals' then I'd be lying.
"I'd
be disappointed if I ended my England career on 50 goals. I want to
kick on and try to score as many goals as I can. I've still got plenty
of games to do that. Hopefully by the time I finish playing it will be
more goals than 50.
"As long as the manager
wants me to play, then I will be available to play and realistically
2018 is a target for me, to go and play that World Cup.
England captain Wayne Rooney reveals he will always make himself available for England
"If I still feel 100 percent fit for England, and I can do my job, then we will see what happens after that.
"But
I won't be one to say I'm not available for selection. I'm sure it'll
probably be the manager's choice more than mine. It's a huge honour to
play for England."
Roy Hodgson will make changes
from the weekend victory over San Marino with England, who have already
qualified for Euro 2016, requiring only a point to win Group E.
The
likes of Raheem Sterling, Chris Smalling and Gary Cahill will return,
while the England manager has been forced to abandon plans to recall
Michael Carrick after he returned to Manchester United with a calf
injury.
The focus will continue to be drawn by
Rooney, who also revealed he had buried the hatchet with former
Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, following the
"differences" which almost saw him quit Old Trafford.
"I
don't know if anyone knows how things ended," said Rooney. "I still see
Sir Alex quite a bit at games, and he travels away to European games
with us. We had differences (of opinion). That's normal.
"Ask
Roy: he's had differences with other players. That's part of football.
I'm not the only person who had differences with Sir Alex Ferguson, but I
can still sit here and say he was the greatest manager of all time.
"It's not that we don't like each other. We just had differences. That's normal."
Tickets
are back on sale having been suspended for five days last week due to
the threat of a tube strike. The FA have sold 60,000 so far.
England's
friendly with Spain on November 13 will take place in the Estadio Jose
Rico Perez Stadium in Alicante. Euro 2016 hosts France visit Wembley
four days later.
Wales and England could end up
as neighbours in northern France next summer if Chris Coleman's side
confirm their passage to Euro 2016.
The Welsh
have already scouted a base within a few miles from the English camp at
Chantilly with only a point required from their last two qualifiers in
Bosnia-Herzegovina and at home to Andorra to guarantee qualification for
a first major finals since 1958.
source: http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/603617/Manchester-United-Wayne-Rooney-England-goal-record-Euro-2016
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