Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard insists that he has given retirement from international football no serious consideration following England's exit from the World Cup.
The English suffered their worst ever defeat in a World Cup finals when they lost 4-1 to Germany in Bloemfontein on Sunday.
Lampard will carry on making himself available for his country even though he will turn 36 during the next tournament, scheduled to be held in Brazil in 2014.
"I want to carry on with England. I think there will be a lot of talking, not just about me," he told reporters.
"It's important players go away and don't listen to it and concentrate on our jobs now.
"The talk is great for the people who are involved in that sort of thing but it doesn't actually make any difference.
"We'll try and carry on, that's what we have to do.
"Only one team wins the World Cup and the rest go home at some stage and don't win it so the talking is by the by.
"We'll have to come back and try and perform."
Many think that the time has come for major surgery to be performed on the England team, with the so-called 'Golden Generation' beginning to reach the twilight of their careers now.
Lampard was not prepared to comment one way or the other though as to what he felt was right at this stage.
"You know what, I don't really want to talk about it at the moment," he added.
"We will worry about that when we start again.
"There is bitter disappointment. It's right up there with other disappointments.
"You are at a World Cup and we felt we could have got a bit of momentum after the Slovenia game."
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