West Ham left back Aaron Cresswell says he will never give up on his “dream” of playing for his country despite being left out of the latest England squad by manager Gareth Southgate.
The 27 year old was called up for the friendly match against Spain back in November, but that is so far his only full international cap. He was overlooked in favour of Manchester United’s Luke Shaw for the last two internationals against Germany and Lithuania but Cresswell told Sky Sports, he will continue to put in good displays for the Hammers in order to get international recognition once again in the future:
“I am only 27 years old, I had a major setback at the start of the season. But I have come back from that and am alright, then got the England call-up, which was a proud moment for me. And I will never give up on that dream.”
“All you can do is give your all for West Ham, you want to perform well first and foremost and Gareth [Southgate] will be watching the games. And that is where he will see you, he will not see you in training, so you have to perform in the games to warrant a place in the England squad.”
Cresswell missed the first two months of the season with a knee injury but has recovered to feature 23 times in all competitions for West Ham this campaign. The left back has had to switch between a more traditional full back role to a wing back position on a number of occasions this season as Slaven Bilic switched between a back four and a back three.
