Jermain Defoe has admitted he would be forced to leave Sunderland to safeguard his hopes of playing at next year's World Cup if the club suffer relegation from the Premier League this season.
The 34-year-old, who won the last of his 55 caps against Chile in November 2013, has been recalled to the England squad by manager Gareth Southgate for Wednesday's friendly against Germany in Dortmund and Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Lithuania at Wembley after scoring 14 goals this term for relegation-threatened Sunderland.
With Harry Kane, Daniel Sturridge and Wayne Rooney all ruled out of Southgate's squad due to injury and Arsenal's Theo Walcott not selected, Defoe is vying with Manchester United youngster Marcus Rashford for a place alongside Leicester's Jamie Vardy against Germany.