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England coach Hodgson will play Man Utd's Rooney wide-left

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will be played out of position by England coach Roy Hodgson against Ecuador.

Hodgson has no qualms about deploying Rooney out wide..

"He can do that (role), absolutely," said the England manager, who also confirmed Manchester City's James Milner will start at right-back..

"I think Wayne's a very useful player in the sense you don't have to pin him down and say this is the only position he can play..

"He can play centre-forward, behind the centre-forward and wide. If he's done all of those things at the very top level for Manchester United, there is no reason why I can't use him in those positions as well."

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