John Terry will not return for England even if they ask him to reconsider his retirement.
The former England captain walked away from the international game in September 2012 and Roy Hodgson insisted on Tuesday night that he would not panic and turn to the 32-year-old in the wake of poor defeats against Chile and Germany.
England’s defence was shaky in both those Wembley losses, but Sportsmail understands that Terry is adamant he will not return if called upon.
The Chelsea captain has been excellent for Chelsea under Jose Mourinho and after falling out of favour last season has played every minute of their current Barclays Premier League campaign.
A source close to Terry said: ‘John only wants to concentrate on Chelsea. He is in good form, is fit and doing well.
‘He has retired from international football and has no plans to change that.
Former England right-back Danny Mills, who is part of the FA commission plotting the way forward for the national team, led the calls on Tuesday night for Terry to be recalled on the back of two underwhelming home defeats.
But Hodgson dismissed the idea. He said: ‘We’ve moved on from that. John retired.
'We’ve qualified with our 10 matches and 10 matches with (Gary) Cahill and (Phil) Jagielka. And we’ve seen a very good performance from Chris Smalling.
think it’s important that we continue along those lines, continue looking forward and that we don’t start panicking and looking backwards every time we have a reverse.’The last of Terry’s 78 England appearances came against Moldova in a World Cup qualifier before he was banned by the FA for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.
Bringing John Terry back into the England fold is a route to be steered clear of by Roy Hodgson.
It would be like plotting a path to Brazil with a new SatNav only to reverse back home at the first sign of traffic and get out the old A-Z.
It is clear Terry would offer the national team plenty in defence: experience, leadership, know-how. But he retired from international football at a perceived slight against his character by the FA and the status quo should remain.
What signal would it send to recall a man found guilty by the governing body of racially abusing another player? Besides, that would entail some form of coercion and Hodgson would be mindful not to open himself up in such a way.
The former England captain walked away from the international game in September 2012 and Roy Hodgson insisted on Tuesday night that he would not panic and turn to the 32-year-old in the wake of poor defeats against Chile and Germany.
England’s defence was shaky in both those Wembley losses, but Sportsmail understands that Terry is adamant he will not return if called upon.
The Chelsea captain has been excellent for Chelsea under Jose Mourinho and after falling out of favour last season has played every minute of their current Barclays Premier League campaign.
A source close to Terry said: ‘John only wants to concentrate on Chelsea. He is in good form, is fit and doing well.
‘He has retired from international football and has no plans to change that.
Former England right-back Danny Mills, who is part of the FA commission plotting the way forward for the national team, led the calls on Tuesday night for Terry to be recalled on the back of two underwhelming home defeats.
But Hodgson dismissed the idea. He said: ‘We’ve moved on from that. John retired.
'We’ve qualified with our 10 matches and 10 matches with (Gary) Cahill and (Phil) Jagielka. And we’ve seen a very good performance from Chris Smalling.
think it’s important that we continue along those lines, continue looking forward and that we don’t start panicking and looking backwards every time we have a reverse.’The last of Terry’s 78 England appearances came against Moldova in a World Cup qualifier before he was banned by the FA for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.
Bringing John Terry back into the England fold is a route to be steered clear of by Roy Hodgson.
It would be like plotting a path to Brazil with a new SatNav only to reverse back home at the first sign of traffic and get out the old A-Z.
It is clear Terry would offer the national team plenty in defence: experience, leadership, know-how. But he retired from international football at a perceived slight against his character by the FA and the status quo should remain.
What signal would it send to recall a man found guilty by the governing body of racially abusing another player? Besides, that would entail some form of coercion and Hodgson would be mindful not to open himself up in such a way.
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