Wes Brown is refusing to consider his Sunderland future beyond this season and is purely focused on performing well on the pitch.
The 34-year-old centre-back is in the final year of his contract at the Stadium of Light, having switched to the club from Manchester United in July 2011.
Brown s fate at the end of the coming campaign is unknown, but the former England international intends to carry on playing regardless of whether he remains with Gus Poyet s men.
Asked if he had thought about his plans, Brown told The Evening Chronicle: No, there is no point.
I just want to play as well as I can this season, hopefully stay in the team and then see what happens.
I have played football all my life so it is not just something I am going to quit straight away if it is possible to carry on.
I am not the sort of person who does not like football or becomes bored with it.
It has been with me since I can remember, so until these legs drop off I will try to play as much as I can.
Brown has been plagued with knee injuries throughout his career and realises that in order to prolong his playing career he has to carefully manage his body.
He added: The goal every season is to play as many games as possible. It is as simple as that.
It was always niggles with me. I always felt stuff and then carried on and made it worse. It took me a while.
Now, if I feel anything, I stop and then in a few days it has gone. You just have to manage yourself like that.
