Bolo Zenden has no plans to retire despite lack of opportunities at Sunderland

Boudewijn Zenden – Sunderland, (Getty Images)

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Sunderland’s Bolo Zenden has admitted his frustration at being left out of recent games by manager Steve Bruce and claims he is open to moving on from Wearside in order to prolong his  playing career.

The 34-year-old hasn’t started for The Black Cats since January 22nd and it has been suggested he may moving into the coaching.

But Zenden is adamant he still has plenty to offer on the pitch.

He told the Daily Mail: “I still believe I have got loads left to offer and the coaching thing will come eventually – but not now.

“Maybe because of the situation I am in at the moment, that’s something people will start speculating about. But I am not ready for that.

“What I can say about that is I am not going to be pushed into a certain situation which I am not ready for.

“For that reason, I might put question marks in what I want for the time to come.”

Black Cats boss Bruce has conceded it may have been a mistake to not utilise the man who has been capped 54 times for the Netherlands more in recent weeks, but Zenden is still disappointed not to have featured lately.

He continued: “Of course it is a positive thing that someone admits a certain mistake or should have done something else or whatever you want to call it, but it doesn’t give me back the games that have passed.

“You don’t know what the future will bring, but for example, the home game against Liverpool, that could have been my last one against my former team, which I didn’t feature in.

“That’s not going to come back, is it?”

The former Barcelona midfielder is certainly not ruling anything out for his future and is confident he will do a job wherever he moves.

“It doesn’t mean that we have to jump to any kind of conclusions or you don’t have to push me into management already.

“There’s still loads to come and that could definitely be at Sunderland – but that could definitely be somewhere else.”