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Newcastle midfielder Shelvey insists he can handle England recall

Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey insists he can handle an England recall.

Shelvey has learned from his red card against Tottenham earlier this season.

"I'd love to go to the World Cup. It'd be such an amazing achievement and every kid's dream is to go to the World Cup and play for your country," he told Sky Sports.

"But there's only so much I can do in terms of on the pitch and off it to get into that squad, and then it's down to the manager to select you.

"You can say anything about disciplinary issues but I had two red cards this season, the first one [a stamp on Dele Alli] was very stupid and I feel like I've learned from it, but the second one I had to make the foul to stop the geezer from going through and scoring."

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