England captain Wayne Rooney insists he will remain available for selection for the national side despite the embarrassing defeat to Iceland on Monday night.
The Three Lions laboured through the groups stages with one win from their three games, but were handed a favourable last 16 game against minnows Iceland.
Things got off to a perfect start on Monday as Raheem Sterling was brought down inside the box just three minutes in, resulting in Rooney slotting away the spot-kick.
However, England capitulated and within two minutes Iceland were level through Ragnar Sigurdsson after a long throw-in, before Kolbeinn Sigborsson then grabbed the vital second for Lars Lagerback’s team courtesy of Joe Hart’s second major error of Euro 2016.
England failed to muster many chances after that on what turned out to be one of the worst footballing nights in the history of the country, with the Three Lions crashing out and manager Roy Hodgson resigning straight after the game.
Rooney, however, insists he has no plans to call it a day on the international stage at the age of 30 and believes the future is bright for England.
“It’s disappointing tonight, but I enjoy and am proud playing for England,” Rooney told reporters.
“I’ll be interested to see who the next manager is. If selected, I’ll certainly be there.”
Rooney was one of England’s best players during the group stages, but even the Manchester United skipper struggled in Nice on Monday against Iceland.
Deployed in the central midfield role in which he had played during the whole tournament, Rooney was extremely wasteful in possession and also struggled in the attacking department.
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