JOHN HEITINGA has questioned the team selection of David Moyes – and will consider his Everton future in the summer if he remains on the bench.

Heitinga has failed to nail down a regular starting role at Goodison this season following a series of inconsistent performances and the form of Sylvain Distin and Phil Jagielka at the heart of defence.

Nevertheless, the 27-year-old claims to be the best centre-back at the club and insists he has told Moyes he no longer wants to fill in at right-back.

The Everton manager is likely to take a dim view of Heitinga’s comments, particularly having questioned the player’s focus during the months immediately following his World Cup final appearance last July.

And the Dutchman, who has started only one of the last six games following the watershed 2-0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers in February, may have talked himself towards a Goodison exit.

“I have certainly not come here to sit on the bench,” said Heitinga. “Together with Phil Neville, I have more experience than all the others. I have played in four major national team tournaments and I have played the World Cup final.

“I don’t want to moan. At the end of the day it is all down to me. Apart from not playing sometimes, I love it here in England.

“But I refuse to go and play in every position now. I don’t want to be right-back again. I told the manager that.

“I am still aiming for big success here in England. Well, I have played 65 games in the Premier League in two seasons. That is a start.

“I hope being out is a temporary thing. I will decide in the summer what I will do.”

Heitinga added: “It’s strange for me to sit on the bench at Everton. I will always claim that I am the best central defender at this club.

“I could understand it if the manager leaves me out of the team when I make big mistakes. But right now I can’t get over the last few weeks.

“The manager is not a big talker. Never has been. He does not explain his decisions to others either. He just says everybody will get playing time.”