Newcastle defender Dan Burn admits his time may be running out when it comes to lining up for England before he hangs up his boots in the years to come. The 30-year-old has been consistently overlooked by Gareth Southgate in recent years despite impressing both at Brighton and on Tyneside.
The England boss isn't known to take too many risks and doesn't make changes at the best of times - never mind two months before a World Cup. Burn appreciates the talent pool for Southgate to choose from is brimming with top players and appears to have come to terms with potentially never pulling on a strip for the Three Lions.
"It's every kid's dream to play for their country," Burn told Sky Sports. "I think now that I haven't made it [in Southgate's squad] with the way that I've been playing it's probably not going to happen.
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"But I think there are a lot of good centre-halves in this league who are knocking on that door and want to be on the plane to the World Cup. I think the lads that are in there at the moment are very, very good centre-halves. As a nation we've got some pretty good defenders.
"It's a game of opinions and the only opinion that matters at the moment is Gareth's. So I am happy playing for Newcastle and I want to put in some really good performances and if that gets me an England call-up it does and if it doesn't, it doesn't."
Newcastle have two first-team stars currently in the England setup in the form of Nick Pope and Kieran Trippier. Both men were involved during the international break and will be hopeful of securing a seat on the plane to Qatar in November.
