Source: Team_Talk
Carra admits end could be close
iverpool's vice-captain Jamie Carragher has admitted his career could be over in a year's time - but will let the coaching staff decide.[LNB] Carragher has made 676 appearances for Liverpool since coming through the youth ranks and making his debut 14 years ago.[LNB]He has been a regular in the Reds defence since coming on as a substitute in Liverpool's League Cup game against Middlesbrough in 1997, but the 33-year-old concedes his long and glittering career may be nearing its end.[LNB]When asked how long he had left in the game, Carragher told the Leaders in Football conference in London: "Ask (Liverpool boss) Kenny (Dalglish). He picks the team. It will be up to the coaching staff I suppose.[LNB]"You want to try to get as much out of your career and play as long as possible.[LNB]"The time will come in the next 12, 18 months, maybe two years.[LNB]"That won't be down to myself. It will be down to the people around me, the staff, the manager. They will decide."[LNB]Carragher's full-blooded displays at the heart of the Liverpool defence have earned him many plaudits during his career and his leadership skills have seen him touted as a future Reds boss.[LNB]The defender admits he would love to go in to coaching after hanging up his boots.[LNB]"Do I want to go in to coaching or management? Yes, I think so," Carragher said. "I've taken my first steps to coaching and the B licence.[LNB]"We all love the game, you want to stay involved in the game."[LNB]Carragher made morning headlines when he claimed that England are "cheating" by employing a foreign coach as their national manager.[LNB]The defender insisted this evening that his claim should not be viewed as an attack on England boss Fabio Capello, but more of a plea for placing trust in home-grown coaches, and he even claimed that every part of the national football set-up should be English.[LNB]"It's nothing against Capello or anybody who comes in in the future," Carragher added. "It's nothing against foreign players or coaches. I just think that's what international football should be about.[LNB]"For me we shouldn't have a foreign member of stuff. The best doctor in the country should be the England doctor or the bus driver. That's what international football is.[LNB]"If we're not up to it in certain areas we have to improve."[LNB]Carragher also thinks the presence of foreigners is impeding the development of young English players.[LNB]The defender has hit out at the Premier League for not protecting the home-grown youngsters coming through the ranks.[LNB]"Everyone wants to play in the Premier League now. Players at our academy don't get a chance," he said. "Our academies are not just full of local players. They are full of foreign players too. That's a bit of a problem for me.[LNB]"I think no foreign players should leave their country until 18 or maybe 21 and I think I think the academies should be for local players.[LNB]Former England and Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes claimed recently that the England camp had been divided into Manchester United and Liverpool cliques during his time on the international scene.[LNB]Carragher, who was a member of the squad at the same time as the retired Red Devils player, agreed, saying: "I saw that.[LNB]"I don't think it was Man United and Liverpool. It was more Man United and the rest.[LNB]"They'd all grown up together those Man United players. They had been in youth teams together. They would always sit together at meal times.[LNB]"It was just like the five best mates together.[LNB]"They'd all come through together. It was a tight-knit thing. They were best mates. They had a great youth team. It was more of a case of that.[LNB]"There were that many of them. They had such a good team. They probably had seven or eight in the squad at the same time.[LNB]"It was probably difficult for anyone to break into that little group and get to know them."
