New Delhi: Indian skipper Sunil Chhetri on Thursday finally addressed his retirement rumours, saying that he does not see himself retiring from the sport anytime soon.
"I do not want to put numbers. My wife keeps reading stuff on the internet and asked me 'what do you think', I said I feel fittest in my life," 35-year-old Chhetri said during a live chat on the Indian Football Team official Facebook page.
"This is the time when I have almost all the knowledge and I am enjoying my football. So, I do not see it anytime soon," he added.
Talking about racism, Chhetri said it hurts him and stressed that spreading awareness and educating people over the issue can help lessen racism in the society.
"It hurts me like it hurts anyone else. It is bad. But most of the time, it is because of ignorance, it is because of not knowing. If you catch a person when he/she is being racist and talk to them and make them understand, most of the time, they do understand," Chhetri said.
Chhetri's remarks come in the backdrop of 'Black Lives Matter' protests that have triggered a fresh discussion over the issue of racism around the world.
Earlier, Chhetri's teammate Gurpreet Singh Sandhu had said he believes that the captain can play football until he is 41 as the former is "getting younger day by day".
"I can compete with Chhetri in a race because I have bigger strides. He can play six-seven years easily. He is getting younger day by day," Sandhu was quoted as saying during an online chat show hosted by the Indian Super League (ISL).
