Manchester United captain Michael Carrick admits he quit England after becoming fed-up with international commitments.

Carrick won 34 senior caps for his country, the last of them in a friendly against Spain in November 2015, but has admitted his experience at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa left a lasting impression.

Carrick told BBC2's Premier League Show: "I'd been in the squad a long time and I'll be honest, I was finding it hard going away with England.

"I didn't mind going away with United pre-season for three weeks or whatever and coming back, but going with England, it was almost depressing in a way.

"It made me really down, so I came to the point after South Africa where I thought, 'I can't do that again'.

"People would be saying, 'Pull yourself together and be grateful for it' and I understood the position I was in, the privileged position I was in, but I just found it so hard and I couldn't deal with it any more.

"I was probably on the verge of... yes, I was depressed at times, yes. I told the FA, 'Look, please don't pick me'."