Jermaine Pennant admitted that it was a disappointment he never got to play for England during his football career.
The 40-year-old most notably spent three years with Liverpool who he joined in 2006 for £6.7million
Pennant impressed in his debut season with the Merseyside club which he capped off with a Man of the Match performance in their 2-1 defeat to AC Milan in the Champions League fina
Despite his impressive performances, he failed to be called up by then-England boss, Steve McClaren
Pennant admitted he felt aggrieved that he's the only Englishman to play in a Champions League final without ever playing for his country.
Pennant
"A little bit, yes," he said when asked if it hurt that he never earned a cap for England.
"It was one of my dreams to achieve a senior cap. I did it for U21 and all the way down but not a senior level.
"As you said, to play a Champions League final – and get the Man of the Match as well – I thought ‘Yeah, this will definitely happen now’.
"When it didn’t, it felt like a kick in the teeth but at the same time I only had myself to blame because of my off the field incidents during my career".
"The Nottingham-born man had his fair share of controversies away from football having been arrested twice for drink-driving during his career."
Pennant played in an era where England's crop of players at the time were being billed as a 'Golden Generation' with the likes of Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Frank Lampard
Pennant added
"If it had been I think it would have been different. Now, I think they hand out caps very freely – I was just in the wrong era,"
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