Chelsea captain John Terry has made no decision to end his
retirement from international football, sources close to the defender
have told the BBC.
Terry, 32,
quit the England side
in September when the FA found him guilty of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand, despite a criminal court acquittal.
Newspaper reports say Terry is ready to end his self-imposed exile but a source told BBC Sport: "John wants this straightened out.
"He's still very much retired."
The source added: "There's been no change."
Terry won his 78th cap against Moldova last year, but was stripped of the England captaincy while awaiting trial by FA Chairman David Bernstein, a decision which led to the resignation of Fabio Capello as manager.
But with Bernstein preparing to
step down next month, there had been speculation that Terry was ready to
make a dramatic U-turn and a bid for an England swansong.
Terry
refused to shake Bernstein's hand
last week at a Champions League trophy ceremony. It was the first
time the pair had met since a four-day FA hearing in September
banned the defender
for four matches and fined him £220,000 for racially abusing QPR defender Ferdinand., despite Terry being
Terry had been cleared by Westminster Magistrates' Court of racially abusing Ferdinand two months earlier.
Meanwhile, Terry says he hopes to stay with Chelsea beyond the remaining year of his contract, and insists he would never join another English team.
The 32-year-old has started only three league games in 2013 under the rotation policy of interim boss Rafael Benitez.
"I've got another year [at Chelsea] and definitely will be here next year," said Terry, who made his debut for the team in 1998 and has been captain in all three of their Premier League-winning campaigns.
"Where I would go after that it certainly wouldn't be in England. I couldn't do that to Chelsea or the fans. That's just not me."
Benitez is set to leave Chelsea at the end of the season and former boss Jose Mourinho, who was at the helm for two of their three titles, has been linked with a return to Stamford Bridge.
"It would be nice to get some silverware, get the season out of the way and maybe talk contracts in the summer," Terry said.
"It depends on my fitness and me staying in a good enough condition to impress the guys who make those decisions.
"I have got another year left which I will honour and respect, regardless if it's a yes or a no."