I Can't Go Back to Play for England -- I Didn't Quit Just for the Sake of Myfamily ; United Star Scholes On Real Reasons He Could Not Stay in Eriksson's Team

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IN the coming days, Sven Goran Eriksson must surely be tempted to select a mobile number known to few and punch the digits, more in hope than expectation.

From Paul Scholes, though, even in England's hour of growing need and Steven Gerrard's absence, the inevitably laconic response would not offer much encouragement. This is a footballer adamantly not for turning.

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I Can't Go Back to Play for England -- I Didn't Quit Just for the Sake of Myfamily ; United Star Scholes On Real Reasons He Could Not Stay in Eriksson's Team

The international career of Manchester United's under- a p p r e c i a t e d , tactically-sacrificed star evidently cannot be revived by urgent plea or pressing circumstance.

'At this time,' he said....

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