Jermain Defoe has revealed his 'hurt' at missing out on the 2006 England World Cup squad to teenager Theo Walcott - and that Sven-Goran Eriksson later tried to tempt him to Manchester City.
England manager Eriksson caused a sensation when he picked 17-year-old Walcott - who hadn't even played a first-team match for Arsenal at that point - over Tottenham's Defoe for the tournament in Germany.
Defoe, a fairly established England international, was only named on the squad stand-by list and travelled to Germany initially before returning home when Wayne Rooney was passed fit to play following a foot injury.