Rose: I’ll see out contract
FIGHTING NOT A SCRATCH ON PLAYING SAYS HARRY
HARRY MAGUIRE claims England stars are more interested in football than fighting. The Three Lions squad has been rocked this week following the clash between Raheem Sterling and Joe Gomez in the canteen at St George’s Park, leaving the Liverpool defender with a scratch.
The altercation resulted in boss Gareth Southgate taking the brave decision to axe Sterling for tonight’s penultimate Euro 2020 qualifier with Montenegro at Wembley, when England can book their place at next summer’s finals.
That ruling has sent shockwaves through English football and threatened to divide Southgate’s dressing room.
But Maguire could not care less about what happens off the pitch and insists all that will ever count most is what happens on it instead.
The Manchester United ace, who has emerged as one of Southgate’s most trusted and reliable stars in the past 12 months, said: “First and foremost, as a player, you look forward to the training and you’re playing games.
“My sole focus all week has been on Montenegro.
“It’s an important game for us. We know the situations that could go on, yes they happen, but I’m sure that all the players would say the same.
“You go in, you work hard on the training pitch and you take it into the game and the bottom line is that the 90 minutes in the game is what matters.
“So the full focus as a player is definitely on the game. The players are fully focused on playing the 90 minutes and preparing as well as we can for it.”
DANNY ROSE has vowed to see out the last 18 months of his deal and leave on a free after being told by Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy he would not get a new contract.
Spurs have invited offers for Rose in the last two transfer windows and he was even left out of their pre-season tour of Asia while the club tried to find a buyer.
But the England full-back insists he will not be moving on in January if Spurs try to sell him once again.
Rose, 29, said: “I’ve said I’ve got 18 months left on my contract and I’m not going anywhere until my contract has finished.
“In January, you’re probably going to hear something [about my future]. I’m telling you right now that I’m not going anywhere until my contract is finished.
“Daniel Levy told me in the summer there was no new contract for me at Tottenham, which is fine. I respect that. We move on.”