Newly appointed England manager, Gareth South-gate has confirmed Manchester United captain, Wayne Rooney will remain captain of the Three Lions.
South-gate who was confirmed as England manager on a permanent basis yesterday made said this known at his first press conference on Thursday.
He told English media, “Wayne Rooney is the England captain, I said that at the beginning,” but added “I’ve only selected him to start in two of the four matches.”
The former England defender added that despite Rooney’s continued captaincy, it was important to develop new leaders within the national team.
He said, “Important to me that we develop more leaders in that group… Leadership is fundamental here.”
South-gate spoke of his own time as an England player and said he was keen that just like in 1996, there should be “Captains throughout the team.
“Developing leadership and developing resilience is one of the key areas – Wayne has played an important part up to this point, I’m sure he will in the future, but it’s important to develop others.”
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