The Liverpool midfielder has previously suggested he will retire after Brazil 2014, having already earned 105 caps since his international debut in 2000.
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However, Hodgson is refusing to plan for the 33-year-old’s international departure just yet and hopes his captain will still be available after next summer.
It is easy for players to talk about retiring in a year's time, Hodgson said.
I have fallen into that trap myself on several occasions. When the time rolls around you realise you don't actually want it.
Let's wait and see with Steven. I know he gives these interviews and people write these things but I just bat them off.
The most important thing is for England to be at the World Cup. Then I am rather hoping Gerrard, Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard will still be available.
