![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ashley-youngs-england-vow-at-38-five-year-wait-and-joke-gareth-southgate-call-up/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Arsenal-FC-v-Aston-Villa-Premier-League.jpg&description=ON THIS DAY: Ashley Young made his final England appearance in the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup, but the veteran hasn't retired from international football England's World Cup semi-finalists have gone down a variety of paths since their heartbreaking extra-time defeat against Croatia in 2018, but none have done the same at Ashley Young. There was one retirement, with Jamie Vardy - a substitute against Croatia - telling Gareth Southgate he no longer wanted to be considered for selection. He later clarified he hadn't shut the door entirely, but has not added to his 26 caps. Others like Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard, are now in the international wilderness, though the likes of Jordan Pickford and Harry Kane remain very much in the picture. Young, though, lies somewhere in between. The full-back, on the verge of joining Everton, hasn't played for England since making way for Danny Rose during the Croatia game. At 38, some might assume he'd drawn a line under his international career, but that is not the case. "After the tournament I said to Gareth, 'I will never rule myself out playing," Young said in 2022. "I know you will go with younger players and I totally agree. 'I am not retiring so if you ever need me, if you ever want to recall me, you can do, as long as I am playing well. It is down to you'.' Has Ashley Young got any chance of an England recall? Have your say in the comments section Mirror Football is now on Threads! You can follow us here Southgate does indeed seem to have favoured youth in the five years since. Indeed, the oldest member of his 26-man World Cup squad - Young's fellow full-back Kyle Walker - is five years younger than the former Man Utd captain. And yet, when the Three Lions boss picked out players for his 55-man longlist ahead of the tournament, Young's name was there. To get in this 55 for Qatar shows you I must have been doing something right," he told The Sun. 'I was joking with someone from the FA who messaged me about the squad. I was){kind=link}
ON THIS DAY: Ashley Young made his final England appearance in the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup, but the veteran hasn’t retired from international football
England’s World Cup semi-finalists have gone down a variety of paths since their heartbreaking extra-time defeat against Croatia in 2018, but none have done the same at Ashley Young.
There was one retirement, with Jamie Vardy – a substitute against Croatia – telling Gareth Southgate he no longer wanted to be considered for selection. He later clarified he hadn’t shut the door entirely, but has not added to his 26 caps.
Others like Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard, are now in the international wilderness, though the likes of Jordan Pickford and Harry Kane remain very much in the picture. Young, though, lies somewhere in between.
The full-back, on the verge of joining Everton, hasn’t played for England since making way for Danny Rose during the Croatia game. At 38, some might assume he’d drawn a line under his international career, but that is not the case.