Gascoigne eyes England place
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Your support makes all the difference.Paul Gascoigne said yesterday he would like to go into management when he retires.
Gascoigne feels he is fitter than he has been for a long time and is enjoying playing in the Premiership under Walter Smith at Everton. He said: "When I pack in football I want to have a couple of years' break, I want to be respected in the football world as a person, a player, and I would like to be a good manager at some stage.
"There are chances of playing abroad, have a couple of years' break and do a bit of fishing, just relax, and then I'll get the hunger for the game."
Gascoigne however has not yet given up his ambition of playing for England again and adding to his 54 caps. "I always want to play for England," he said. "I'll probably want to play for England when I'm 50 or 60 if I'm still alive. Every single time I've played for England I've never let them down and it would be a great feeling to put on an England shirt again even if it was coming on as sub.
"I don't think I would let them down if I was selected, but I don't know if my chance has gone by now. There is still hope – Teddy Sheringham is there, he's older than me, but he's had a great season.
"I don't know if it's past me but at the end of the day I'm not going to give in, I never give in when it comes to football."
* Last season's Women's FA Cup finalists Fulham and Arsenal will do battle in the semi-finals of the Premier League Cup after Fulham brushed aside Southampton Saints 9-1 in their quarter-final tie yesterday, thanks to four goals from Marieanne Pettersen.
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