King - Exit was down to me

Jeroen

2 juni 2006, 08:30

Watford striker Marlon King claims it was his decision to leave the Jamaica squad to face England this weekend and revealed he still hopes to represent his country in the future.

King will miss the friendly against England, with conflicting reasons given for the Watford striker's departure. While his club have insisted King was booted out because he criticised Jamaica's training facilities during their two-game England tour, reports from the Caribbean claim he launched a volley of abuse at the team management at a 2.30am disciplinary meeting after breaking a curfew on Tuesday night.

"I actually left, I had to leave to clear my head and now I'm getting phone calls and listening to the radio that I've been expelled from the camp," King told Sky Sports News. "On Tuesday night, me and three other players we went out because there was no curfew or anything. We came back in about 2am and to to our rooms to find we'd been locked out."