MARK WARBURTON is confident England can recover from their Euro 2016 humbling as the search gets underway for Roy Hodgson’s successor.
The 68-year-old quit as manager after his side were knocked out of the finals by Iceland and brought the curtain down on another underwhelming tournament for the Three Lions.
Warburton was making his way to Rangers’ training base in Charleston as the drama was unfolding in France on Monday evening.
And the Londoner reckons England do have players capable of shining on the international stage under the guidance of the next man the FA put their faith in.
Warburton said: "I was just saying to Jim Stewart that you have to be in it to win it. I'm sure the whole country is disappointed by the result.
“My son was texting me because we were flying. I went from the emotions of the third minute goal by Rooney to their equaliser to Iceland going ahead, to feeling really down. It was the full range of emotions and it's just a really disappointing result.
“Roy is an outstanding manager and I'm sure he's very frustrated and very angry.
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"Have I ever met him? I met him at the London manager of the year awards. He presented me with that award, which was nice. You can only learn from people at that level.
"Roy has moved on and they need to pick the best man for the job. Dan Ashworth is a very smart man and he is building real foundations.
“It's important that Dan takes them forward. It's a really talented squad, the youngest at the Euros.
“They've got Dier, Delle Ali, Harry Kane, good players. Hopefully going forwards they can improve.
"There's no reason at all [not to hire a foreign coach]. I'm sure Dan will go for the best man. I'm not sure who you would look at.
“Gareth Southgate is the obvious one for continuity and the job he's done with the 21s.
“But there aren't candidates jumping off the page at you. It's a really tough job and I'm not sure who are really contenders.”
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