England defender Danny Rose has emphatically declared himself fit for the World Cup, dismissing suggestions he is injury-prone as "a load of nonsense".

Rose is expected to be named in Gareth Southgate's 23-man World Cup squad on Wednesday and he will be given the opportunity to establish himself as England's first-choice left-back, despite a stop-start season with Tottenham.

Rose was sidelined for eight months with a knee injury from January 2017, returning in October, and he has since suffered minor knee and calf problems, which have disrupted his rhythm.

The 27-year-old, who made just 15 starts this season, has fallen behind Ben Davies in the pecking order at Spurs and the club will listen to offers for him in the summer.

In a message to potential suitors as much as the England manager, Rose said: "Everyone seems to get this perception that I am injury prone or I get a lot of injuries – that's not the case at all.

"I got injured last season, I tried everything for three months to avoid an operation. I had about 50 tablets and 20 injections, it didn't work and I needed an operation.

"I came back in October; I was fit until December; I was injured in a tackle; I was out for a month and then I had a muscle injury in March – my first muscle injury in two years – so I have had two injuries this season and people seem to think I have had a lot of injuries.

"It's a load of nonsense. I have had to bide my time getting some minutes. It is a season where I have had to be patient and be mentally positive. Even though I haven't played as much as I'd like I feel like I've grown mentally so there are positives to take out of the season.

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"I wish I could have played more, but you have two players to compete in each position and that is how I would want it at any football club."

Rose added: "I fancy myself against anybody in the league. Pre-season I'll come back and hopefully me and Ben start from scratch and we start again and work hard to nail that number one spot."

Asked if he has spoken to Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino about his game-time, Rose said: "Not really. If I am playing, the manager will let me know and if I am not that's it."

Rose's position was not strengthened by an explosive interview with a national newspaper on the eve of the season, in which he criticised Spurs' transfer policy, questioned the club's ambition and pay-structure, and said he was open to a move elsewhere.

Nearly a year on, his comments appear foresighted after Pochettino called on Daniel Levy, the Tottenham chairman, to "create a new idea" and "be brave and take risks" this summer – widely interpreted as a plea to remove the financial shackles.

Rose says he does not regret the interview but insisted he had learned his lesson, and would fully back the club's approach this summer.

"It happened 10 months ago, there is no point talking about it now," he said. "I regret nothing, I didn't tell any lies. I like to think everyone has moved on, I am here and I am looking forward to coming back to pre-season and hopefully me and Ben can start fresh and fight for the number one position.

"I have learned my lesson on speaking on that sort of stuff! It is good that the manager has come out and said that. I hope the manager, his coaching staff, the recruitment staff and the chairman can all come together and give the manager what he wants.

"I am fully behind whatever happens in the off-season, I hope we get some good recruits to help us push on and as the manager said the next step is to try and hopefully win something this year."

Rose continued: "I saw a question the other day 'have Spurs overachieved' and that is something that I have thought about a lot of times, have we overachieved? Is it because other teams are doing as well?

"I think you could ask that after one season but when we have done three years on the bounce in the Champions League, we deserve exactly what we have got. We haven't overachieved – nobody has seen how hard we have worked. To play 38 games away from is an amazing achievement and I hope now we can push on now and nick something next year.

"The manager gave a speech after Newcastle and he said that we need to realise what an achievement we have done this season playing 38 games away from home and when he said that I didn't realise when you put it into that perspective. It is a huge achievement and we should be proud of what we have done this season and in the last three years as well."