Given not letting up at Villa for Euro 2012
Shay Given today insisted he does not want to be taken out of the firing line in Villa's remaining games despite the possibility of picking up an injury ahead of Euro 2012.
Shay Given today insisted he does not want to be taken out of the firing line in Villa's remaining games despite the possibility of picking up an injury ahead of Euro 2012.
The goalkeeper has seen Ireland team-mate Richard Dunne ruled out for months after fracturing his collarbone against Manchester City in February.
Dunne is expected to return before the end of the season, but the prognosis for England striker Darren Bent is not so clear cut with only eight weeks to the start of the tournament in Poland and Ukraine.
Despite an encouraging start to his rehabilitation, Villa's £25m hitman is a serious doubt for the England squad after surgery on damaged ankle ligaments.
Given missed eight games earlier in the season with a hamstring injury but insisted, despite the championships being so close, it will not stop him from playing.
He said: "You know that you want to be on top of your game in the summer, so at the back end of the season you are gearing up to that.
"That's the motivation for myself at Villa and I'm sure it's the same for the other Ireland lads at other clubs.
"It's about not worrying whether we get injured."