Pick me! Rooney is hoping Roy Hodgson (right) will choose him to lead the line against Ukraine

'It's great to have him on the pitch, pointing out things maybe we need to know as a squad.'

And on the team's Krakow base, he added: "In South Africa (at the World Cup two years ago) we were really isolated from the town centre.

'Here we can go out of the hotel if we want and relax a bit - but that doesn't mean we are not aware of our roles.

'The important thing is to get ready for those games.'

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