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Czech Republic ace Pavel Nedved does not envisage seeing out his contract with Juventus.

Nedved has been at Stadio Delle Alpi since 2001 and is under contract with the Italian champions until 2008.

But the 33-year-old playmaker has suggested that he will be retiring from football before the completion of his Juventus deal.

There have also been whispers that Nedved could quit after next summer's World Cup finals and he remained coy about that possibility.

"Possibly," replied Nedved when asked if the World Cup would be his last major tournament.

"But let's see what happens.

"I still have two-and-a-half years on my contract in Juventus, but I don't believe I will fulfil it."

Nedved has recently returned to the Czech fold after a year in international retirement and played a role in seeing off Norway in a World Cup play-off.

The success hands Nedved the chance of playing in the World Cup for the first time in his career and it is a date he intends to keep.

He added to Idnes: "It is logical [that I will go to Germany if I am fit].

"I am one of the older players and I thought that I would never play in the World Cup finals.

"But now I am very glad we are not the lost generation and that we will be there."

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