New England manager Roy Hodgson has admitted that he will wait until after the last game of the Premier League season before naming his squad for Euro 2012.

The West Brom man was unveiled as Three Lions boss on Tuesday, and revealed that he will take a considered approach when selecting the players to represent the home nation in Ukraine and Poland.

“It’s going to be very important to get straight down to the task, making certain that when the time comes to name the squad, which we are likely to put back until after the last game of the season, that I’ve done as much research as I can and spoken to as many players as I can,” he confessed to reporters, published by Sky Sports.

“It’s going to be difficult, of course, but hopefully I’ve got time. Obviously I’ve been working here for the last five years so the players are pretty well known to me, even though I haven’t worked with them all.

“I’ve done as much research and spoken to as many people as I can.”

Hodgson did confirm that Wayne Rooney would be in the travelling party despite being banned for the first two games, and that he has one eye on glory.

“I’m looking forward to Wayne Rooney coming to the Euros with us and making a contribution, even though he cannot play the first two games.

“England always have to go into tournaments to win them because we are a major football nation.

“I certainly think the players would be very disappointed if we expected anything less of them than to win the tournament,” he concluded.

By Gareth McKnight

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