Roy Hodgson has admitted there is little chance Rio Ferdinand will be recalled to the England squad following their 2-1 win over Brazil on Wednesday.
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The 32-year-old has 81 caps for the Three Lions and was a regular fixture in the centre of defence alongside John Terry before a public dispute between the Chelsea captain and Rio's brother, Anton, saw the two lose their places in the side.
Ferdinand has not been selected since Hodgson took over at Wembley and the former Liverpool manager has had to answer numerous inquiries about the Manchester United defender's future with the national team.
The 65-year-old was confronted by more questioning about the centre-back again this week, however, this time he was far more definitive with his answer, claiming he is more than happy with his back-four the way it is.
"We've moved on," he said. "It seems to me all I ever do is answer questions about Rio.
"I am not prepared, every time we play a game, to keep revisiting something which I have revisited at every single press conference for the last 10 months.
"For years and years England had a centre-back pairing everyone was really satisfied with, two very good players.
"For various reasons we've moved on from that. I'm pleased with the two (Chris Smalling and Gary Cahill). They did well against a top side (Brazil). Before that Phil Jagielka and Joleon Lescott have done a good job for us as well.
"I'm not going to talk about Rio. I'm not going to talk about people who aren't here when we've just beaten Brazil."
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