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Roy Hodgson will offer a glimpse of England’s future by selecting John Stones,Jonjo Shelvey and Jamie Vardy in his starting lineup against San Marino as his captain, Wayne Rooney, and seeks to score the two goals he requires to break the national team’s scoring record.
Stones,who handed in a transfer request at Everton final month and was the subject of four rejected bids by Chelsea ranging from £20m to £38m, has been rewarded for his fine form for the Merseyside club and will make his first appearance for his country in nearly a year. The 21-year-old is likely to start at moral-back with Shelvey, and such a key figure in Swansea City’s recent resurgence,to gain a second cap in a game which, whether won, or will secure England’s passage to Euro 2016.
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Source: theguardian.com