Dewsbury-Hall has been mentioned as a target for Ireland, but he has now declared he wants to play for England.
He told The Times: “My biggest dream as a footballer is to play international football.
“I respect Ireland and I respect the Irish people but I’m English.
“To play for England for me would be the biggest achievement of my career.
“I think it would be wrong of me to keep letting things drag on when I’ve got a clear goal in my head to play for England one day.
“Ireland have been trying to get me to play for them for about five years.
“I’ve made my feelings known in terms of, ‘Look, I don’t want to make any decisions, I want to keep playing my football, concentrating on football and whatever happens, happens.’
“Just because I’ve seen so much speculation around it right now, I think it’s only fair of me to say my biggest dream would be to play for England.
“It would be the proudest moment of my life if I played for England.”