• England manager hails his strikers before Euro 2016 qualifiers
• Hodgson focuses on double header against Estonia and LithuaniaRoy Hodgson has said there is “no guarantee” Wayne Rooney will always be a mandatory first-team player for England after hailing his current choice of strikers as the best he has worked with in his three and a half years as national team manager.
Rooney will collect a golden-boot award from Sir Bobby Charlton before the game against Estonia on Friday week after taking over from the 1966 World Cup winner as England’s record scorer. However, the striker’s achievement as the first England player to reach the 50-goal tag comes at a time when his form for Manchester United has increasingly been open to scrutiny.
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Source: theguardian.com