Hull City captain Curtis Davies has dismissed talk of a call from the Republic of Ireland.

Davies believes he will not be called up to the Republic of Ireland squad as he does not get on with manager Martin O'Neill or his assistant Roy Keane.

"My nan was born in Ireland, but she's not Irish," explained Davies. "She's English. Her father was in the army and he was in Ireland when she was born. I'm not sure, after Roy Keane's comments - am I good enough for Ireland? Also, it's well documented that O'Neill and I had problems at Villa. Is that really going to work?

"Do I really want to sell myself down the Irish route and then I've got an assistant manager who doesn't rate me and a manager who maybe there is a bit of ill feeling with.

"It didn't annoy me [what Keane said] but he's saying I'm not international quality. Does that mean he thinks I'm not good enough for Ireland?

"If he doesn't believe I'm good enough for England, then say England. Maybe it was a ploy to steer me away from England, so I play for Ireland.

"I'd never shut the door on anything, but I'm striving my heart out to try to get in the England squad and, after that, Sierra Leone is my next country."