http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Neville-c29904 unravelled that he has no plans of retiring from professional football in the near future, and given he is not marred by any major injury, he can go on and represent the Toffees for another three years.
At 35 years of age, the English International is one of the most aged players in the Premier League. He made his senior level debut back in 1994-95 for Manchester United and has since capped a staggering 654 club appearances in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749.
During his stay at Old Trafford, the defender won 6 league titles, 3 FA Cups and 1 Champions League titles with the Red Devils.
He joined Everton in August 2005 and has since represented the Merseyside club in 273 games.
Even though many people believe that the player has reached the twilight of his career, Neville insisted that for him age is ‘just a number’ and given the state of the art of medical facilities that are available for the players nowadays, he can carry on
for another three years without any major fitness problems.
While talking to reporters, he said: “I want to play football for as long as I possibly can: two, three more years hopefully at the top level. The way that science is improving now players can play for as long as they possibly can.”
With a number of academy players looking to make their way into the side and the Toffees set to make a couple of signings in summer, the defender admitted that he cannot take his place in the team for granted and vowed to give it his best, in order to justify
his place in the squad.
Despite the fact that Neville let out his ambition of prolonging his on-the-field career, he admitted that he would fancy a managerial http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 after retirement and viewed it as the ‘next step’ in his footballing career.
He added, “You just have to prepare for that day when you can't play and I'm doing that now with my coaching badges. But there is a lot of hard work before I get my badges.”
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