Dyer: I'm out of the World Cup

Kieron Dyer has confirmed that he has no chance of playing in the World Cup finals.

Kieron Dyer has confirmed that he has no chance of playing in the World Cup finals with England.

The Newcastle United star has suffered another injury setback and his remote hopes of gaining a late inclusion in Sven Goran Eriksson's squad have been dashed.

The former Ipswich Town midfielder has featured in only 13 games this season, scoring once in the FA Cup win over Southampton, and his appearance in the win at Sunderland will be his last in the 2005/2006 campaign.

"Things could be better," he confessed to Sky Sports News. "I've had some more disappointing news, just of late, that I won't play any more games this season.

"Obviously, that means I'm out of the World Cup but you have to take the ups with the downs.

"I've had plenty of ups, I'm just going through a few downs at the moment.

"I've got a whole summer now to get my leg right and come back and, hopefully, have a successful season next year.

"I wanted to get right, first and foremost, to play for Newcastle. I've only featured in a handful of games and I think I owe it, not just to myself, but to everyone associated with the club to get myself right for that.

"The World Cup was secondary and, like I said, [I'm] just to miss out on finishing the season for Newcastle and the World Cup."