Neville open to lower-tier switch Phil Neville has revealed he would consider dropping out of the Premier League if Everton do not extend his contract beyond this season.
Neville has appeared over 500 times in the top flight, but insists there would be nothing embarrassing about playing in the lower leagues.
And he is adamant his top priority is to carry on playing football for as long as his body allows, regardless of the level of competition.
"For me, I want to continue playing as long as possible so I'm not embarrassed to go down the league," Neville told the Liverpool Echo.
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Newcastle announce modest gains Newcastle have announced a profit of 1.4 million pounds for last year, despite outlays on players such as Papiss Cisse and Yohan Cabaye.
A fifth-place finish in last season's Premier League boosted turnover on Tyneside, pushing them into the world's top 20 revenue-generating clubs.
"After making significant strides towards meeting and exceeding UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations last season, the club has recorded an overall profit for the second successive year," a Newcastle statement read.
"While last year's figures, which included an overall profit of 32.6m pounds, were significantly boos
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Buffon rues Italy showing Gianluigi Buffon has expressed disappointment with Italy's performance in Tuesday's 2-0 World Cup qualification win over Malta.
Two goals from Mario Balotelli helped the Euro 2012 finalists to the three points as Buffon kept out a Michael Mifsud penalty, but the Juventus goalkeeper feels the Italians allowed their opponents too much space throughout the match.
"There were some difficult playing conditions, as it was very windy and the pitch was extremely wet. Plus if there isn't 100 per cent focus and concentration, then you are going to run into trouble," Buffon said.
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Smalling vents England frustration Chris Smalling admits England are 'very disappointed' by Tuesday's 1-1 draw in Montenegro which leaves them second in Group H.
Wayne Rooney capped a confident start from the Three Lions by heading in a Steven Gerrard corner on six minutes, but the visitors wilted after the interval, and Dejan Damjanovic scrambled home an equaliser.
Smalling believes it was a failure to make the most of their first-half dominance which ultimately proved the undoing of Roy Hodgson's men.
"We're very disappointed because we felt we played very well in the first half and controlled the game," he told FATV.
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Ferguson covets points record Sir Alex Ferguson has challenged his Manchester United side to beat Chelsea's points record of 95 from the 2004-05 Premier League season.
The Red Devils are 15 points clear of nearest challengers Manchester City in the league with only nine games left, and require seven wins to equal Chelsea's record.
Ferguson said the record offers extra motivation for his side as they look to secure the club's 20th title in the English top flight
"The record is 95 points by Chelsea," Ferguson told reporters.
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Messi: Terrible to play at altitude Lionel Messi said it was 'terrible' to play at altitude after Argentina's 1-1 draw with Bolivia on Tuesday in their CONMEBOL World Cup qualifier.
Marcelo Moreno gifted the hosts the lead midway through the first half, before Ever Banega restored parity shortly before the half-time whistle.
And Messi was pleased to see his side get a draw in difficult conditions.
"It is terrible to play here at altitude, so a draw is a good result for us," Messi said.
"Every time you make an effort or play at high pace, you need time to recover.
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Benzema: We didn´t deserve to lose France striker Karim Benzema claims that his side did not deserve to lose in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Spain.
The reigning world champions triumphed 1-0 in a tight affair at the Stade de France thanks to a strike from Barcelona star Pedro just before the hour mark.
Paul Pogba was then sent off for a second yellow card in the 78th minute.
"We are all very disappointed," Benzema told TF1. "If you look at the whole game, we did not deserve to lose. We made a mistake and we paid (for it)."
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