Darren Bent on his chances of making it to the World Cup with England next summer:
“I definitely feel I have something to add. The moment I stop thinking that, I might as well stop playing football because the ambition will be gone. Hopefully, it will come.
“Its still a massive ambition, but at the same time I know its going to be difficult to get back in.
“He (Capello) seems to have his four or five strikers set, but if I can score a lot of goals, that should help me upset the system a bit. If that’s the case, there’s no saying where I can go.
“I’m always confident I can a score a lot of goals. I’ve started off this season with a couple already, and if I can score a few more, that can only help my international ambitions.
“My number one goal is to hold down a place in the Sunderland team and do well for them. If I do that, the England honours will come.”
“Its similar to when I was at Charlton -- whenever the England manager came down there it was a big occasion for the English players in the team.
“When we played against Chelsea the other day, the manager whispered in my ear in the dressing room ‘You know the England manager’s here?’ He had a cheeky grin on his face.
“It was nice to see him there, and if I keep playing well for Sunderland, hopefully he’ll want to come back again soon.”
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No way he’ll be going ahead of Defoe, Crouch, Rooney and Cole. Bent was probably the biggest waste of money i’ve ever seen at spurs. bigger than rebrov because we actually needed a striker when rebrov came and he wasn’t as pap as bent, just unlucky that hoddle ruined him.
Agree Jimbo, Bent is pants! As well as the names above I would pick Agbonlahor and Kevin Davies ahead of him.
Na Bent wasn’t the biggest waste, dean richards was. bent did alright with us, not his fault he didn’t fit in.
I’ll boo bent when he comes back after the shit he spouted when he was leaving. he’s not good enough for england anyway. love that video, isn’t that the one where redknapp said his wife could have scored it and bent got all upset? lol.