Michael Carrick has told Sky Sports News he will not play for another English club if he leaves Manchester United at the end of the season.
Carrick, 35, is out of contract this summer but sources told ESPN FC earlier this month that United have opened talks over a 12-month extension.
The midfielder, who joined United from Tottenham in 2006, said if he does join another club "it won't be anywhere else in England," adding: "I've had too many good times here to do that elsewhere."
Having initially had limited game time after Jose Mourinho's arrival in the summer, Carrick has now made 14 Premier League starts this season.
"I've said it for a number of months now -- I'm just really enjoying playing football," he said. "When you get to this age and you come closer to the end, obviously you get asked these questions but I'm just trying to play and compete in the team and be part of the squad and see how long that takes.
"I feel fit at the moment and we've got such a busy time, I haven't really given much thought to it. I've just been playing and concentrating on what we can achieve this season. Anything else can be sorted out in good time."
United are currently sixth in the Premier League, four points behind fourth-placed Manchester City with one game in hand, but they have reached the Europa League quarterfinals and have already won the EFL Cup.
"You can see that Mourinho is a winner and he's won wherever he has been," he said. "You can see that it drives him on and it's all about winning and rightly so.
"That's what you want, you want to be winning things and be successful. We're still a bit short in the league but we won the EFL Cup already and we're going for another one. He's driving for that and he's hungry, you can see he's hungry for more and he wants more success.
"It's the same with any manager [around the training ground], you speak to him at certain times and it's no different. There's no special formula if you like, you're creating relationships on a personal and professional level.
"I think it's a respect thing more than anything. Obviously to respect the players and for us to respect him as a manager and his coaching staff and to get the right balance. I'm sure he will bring success whether it is this season or the next or the one after, whenever it is, he will bring success."
Carrick is hoping to face former boss David Moyes when United travel to rock-bottom Sunderland on Sunday.
Moyes replaced Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 but was dismissed before the end of his first season after a disappointing title defence.
"It was a tough time," Carrick said. "I think we can all say that with Sir Alex leaving and the changes that happened after that. It was a tough season, there's not getting away from that.
"We had some success in the Champions League and we weren't too far away from getting past Bayern in the quarterfinals so it's fine margins I think. When you look at it, it just didn't work that season and we didn't have a great season in the end.
"Unfortunately for David, he lost his job so I'm sad how it finished but I suppose that's football. If you don't get the results, and you're the manager, you suffer for it."