Evergreen Justin Rose prepared to play rather than captain at the 2025 Ryder Cup

Europe's players urged captain Luke Donald to remain as captain in the immediate aftermath of the five-point victory in Rome, chanting "Two more years" as the former world number one gave a television interview.

Donald is considering leading the side again at Bethpage in 2025 and Rose, who was thought to be one of the few realistic alternatives, has given his fellow Englishman his full backing.

"We all recognise how difficult it is to win away nowadays and whichever captain does it can claim the ultimate Ryder Cup success," Rose, 43, told the Telegraph.

"But if it happens in 2025, I want to contribute as a player. If Luke wants it, he should get it. 2025 is too early for me.

"The captaincy starts next year and I feel like I've got some good things ahead of me as a player. It's not so much that I feel I 'need' to play at Bethpage, it's more than I 'need' to believe I can play. That's important.

"I acknowledge there is probably no perfect juncture at which to do it, and that if I was asked I might have to make the big commitment, even if it would affect my playing ambitions, because it's a huge honour.

"But I think there is a time when it's your sweet spot to be captain. You have to be current, can't have stopped playing, because that link has to be there. So it's a fine line.

"But in my view, Luke is probably coming to that sweet spot right now."

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