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England coach Hodgson ponders Rooney captaincy

England coach Roy Hodgson returns to work at FA HQ this Friday.

The Mirror says Hodgson is due back at Wembley headquarters on Friday after his post-Brazil break and a meeting with his coaching staff has already been pencilled in.

Hodgson is under pressure to get things right with the opening 2016 European Championship qualifier away to Switzerland less than six weeks away.

He and his staff will have to decide whether or not to give Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney the armband following the confirmation of Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard's retirement.

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