Steven Gerrard believes the 2010 World Cup could be his last chance to win football's most coveted prize.
The Liverpool captain will be 30 by the time Fabio Capello's side compete in South Africa next summer - assuming there are no last-gasp hiccups in their qualifying group - and Gerrard conceded that he may be past his prime by the time of the 2014 finals.
England already top their group and two more victories will put them on the verge of going through to the finals.
Gerrard said: "Will this be the last chance to qualify for a World Cup? I would say so. If we qualify, I'll be 30 when the finals come around.
"For me, it will be the last chance of doing well at a World Cup. Maybe by the time of the next one I might not be in my prime. That is a big motivation for me.
"We've now got these two important qualifiers coming up and if we want to play in the finals, we've got to get two good results."
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England will win it! .... ... ... ... ... .. I say it every world cup, but this is the first time on yahoo and this time we will!??
let babel stay
Eh! eh! dats terrible datis. I thought he wuz coming ear. Now wheel never win the league!
England won't win the world cup full stop. They're not good enough. There's too many egos in the squad - they don't play as a team. There are too many players who think they can win a match by themselves and ignore the rest of the team.
haha.1 and 2..England wont win world cup if Stevie doesnt play!
LETS HOPE THE THUG IS IN PRISON 2010 SO WE DONT HAVE TO SEE THAT UGLY SCOUSER TURD IN THE WORLD CUP
prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrick!
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