Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has no immediate plans to retire from the game. The 38-year old Australian, now in his 20th professional season, is still belying his ageing years with consistently brilliant performances for the Cottagers and has made it clear that he intends to continue on in that vein.
"It's a question that I have been asked a lot," he told the club's official website. "But every time I explain how I hold no thoughts on retiring just yet. I feel as good as I ever have done, I work hard and I'm performing - which for me is the ultimate consideration.
"As long as I am playing well week-in-week-out and the Manager is playing me then I'll be around for a while to come. I have signed a contract that keeps me at Fulham until the end of next season, and potentially there could be another year after that too.
"I've been involved in the game for a while now, and when you play for the period of time that I have, you're inevitably going to pass various landmarks. Twenty years as a professional is certainly an achievement, but it's one of those things that I will look back on and consider the greater meaning when I have stopped playing.
"To be honest I don't like to think about such things too much, because if you do, you're kind of giving into the fact that your days as a player are coming to an end.
"All I want to do is concentrate on playing and at present I'm looking forward and not back."
