Everton defender Sylvain Distin doesn't regret not playing international football.

Distin, now 35, was never capped by France.

"People ask me sometimes if I've got regrets regarding me not playing for France and I don't because look where I've got now. I'm 35, I'm in a great club, I enjoy my football, I'm fit, I feel good, there is a great atmosphere where I am; why should I regret?," he told evertonfc.com. "There is not much for me to regret. I don't see why there is reason to regret the past, what is it going to change?

"Maybe if I'd played for France I wouldn't be here, I'd be at another club, I wouldn't enjoy it, maybe I wouldn't be so down to earth, maybe I'd have a big ego.

"That's why I feel like there is nothing for me to regret. I'm really happy with what I've got and I'm really happy with what I've done and if I had to do it all again, I'd do it exactly the same way."