“Having worldwide experience in the under-21s will prove invaluable for us further down the line”, the former West Ham, Bolton Wanderers and Sunderland manager added.
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But Allardyce will ultimately be judged by England’s performance in Russian Federation in two years’ time. Hopefully I can end my time with England on a high’. Rooney said: ‘Russia will be my last opportunity to do anything with England.
Antonio, 26, might have been in the professional system since signing for Reading eight years ago, and in the Premier League for the past 12 months, but it is not just his football that is delightfully unreconstructed. So it’s a case sitting down with United when the time’s right.
England’s record goalscorer made his announcement at a news conference ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Slovakia on Sunday, when he will set a new record for an England outfield player ahead of David Beckham by winning his 116th cap.
“I said I’m available for selection”, added Rooney. It’s a huge honour for me.
However, the former Bolton, West Ham, Newcastle and Sunderland manager proved unwilling to tamper with the status quo and named Rooney captain, stating that he will play the Manchester United man in the withdrawn role has occupied at Old Trafford under José Mourinho this season.
“I see academy players who pick it up and they like to pop it off and they make more movements”.
The West Ham winger is the only uncapped player in Sam Allardyce’s first squad, completing a remarkable rise from non-league Tooting and Mitcham to the worldwide arena. Hence the new ideas and the new look at St. George’s Park, a national training center located in a sleepy town in central England and opened in 2012 at a cost of $160 million. In the next few days we’ll speak about it more, whether it’s as a midfielder or attacker. His level of play has stopped and he’s been under criticism for club and country, especially as both have brought in young players who some feel are better than him.
“We have to (move on)”.
“It’s an important one for us”.
“We want to have two players in each position and not leave ourselves short”. I’m looking forward to getting back on the pitch, (there are) bad memories from the last game for England so it will be nice to get back playing. Indeed, given his lack of time working with a transitional squad, that first match against Slovakia in Trnava has to go down as a rather serious risk.
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He said: “He’s a very good player”. Antonio moved to West Ham past year and has impressed as a right-sided midfielder, especially in the air.
