Man United star Wayne Rooney will always be available for England as he chases goal record

England captain Wayne Rooney reveals he will always make himself available for England

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.

 

"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.