England among favourites to win Euro 2016 – Shaqiri

By Daily Sports on June 4, 2016

England's youthful squad makes them one of the favourites to win their first European Championship, Stoke City midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri has said.

England coach Roy Hodgson will take a relatively young squad to the tournament in France, with defender John Stones, midfielders Ross Barkley, Eric Dier, Raheem Sterling and Dele Alli, and strikers Marcus Rashford and Harry Kane all under the age of 23.

"For me England are one of my favourites for the title at the Championship because they have a new, young and exciting generation of players who are very good," Shaqiri told the Stoke website (www.stokecityfc.com).

"They are a very talented group and I really think they can have a really good tournament, and even go on to win the title."

England beat 10-man Portugal 1-0 in their final Euro 2016 warm-up game at Wembley on Thursday, following wins over Australia and Turkey. They open their Group B campaign against Russia on June 11.

Wales and Slovakia are the other teams in the group.

Shaqiri, who plays for Switzerland, has scored 17 goals in 52 games for his country and was named in coach Vladimir Petkovic's squad for the 24-team tournament, where they face hosts France, Albania and Romania in Group A.

•Sourced from Supersports.com

 

Source Daily Sports

Posted June 4, 2016


 

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