Robbie Savage says he would play for Wales again if current manager John Toshack was no longer in charge. The midfielder, 30, retired from international football on Monday after Toshack left him out of the squad for World Cup qualifiers against Austria.
"My biggest regret is not being able to ever play for Wales again while John Toshack is in charge," Savage told the BBC Wales Midweek Sport programme.
"It's completely outrageous what he's done, it goes beyond football matters."
Toshack says that he left Savage out of the squad for the matches on 26 and 30 March because he wants to look at other options, as he begins the task of rebuilding Wales for the future. But Savage claims that he was left out for personal reasons, after the Blackburn player publicly stated he did not want Toshack to succeed Mark Hughes as Wales manager.
Savage pulled out injured from the squad that beat Hungary 2-0 in a friendly last month, where Carl Robinson and Carl Fletcher impressed in the central midfield positions.
 |  I think he's (Toshack) totally lost touch with the times |
"He (Toshack) called me up on Monday morning and said he was keeping the same squad as the last game," Savage added.
"I was in that squad along with Ryan Giggs and John Hartson, who also pulled out through injury, but he (Toshack) decided to include them and leave me out.
"I can appreciate if I'm not in the starting XI - I'll work as hard as anybody to get in the team - and if I was on the bench I'd be part of the (match day) 18.
"But not to get in the squad of 24 was a statement of his intent to get rid of me.
"No disrespect to anyone, but there's some players (in the Wales squad) who can't get in their teams in the lower leagues, while I'm a Premiership player playing week-in, week-out."
The player compared his fall-out with Toshack to Roy Keane's exit from the Republic of Ireland team at the 2002 World Cup after the Manchester United skipper criticised then boss Mick McCarthy's preparations.
Savage claims some of the remaining players are unhappy with the new Wales manager's methods.
"We had fried bananas to start the meals, which no-one's ever heard of. There were no carbohydrates before the game," Savage said.
"The training methods were embarrassing - I think he's (Toshack) totally lost touch with the times.
"Most of the lads agreed with me and I was the spokesperson, I stuck up for the lads but it backfired."
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