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Euro2016: Man Utd star Rooney excited to create chances for England attackers

England captain Wayne Rooney admits it is a great thrill to provide goalscoring chances for his attacking teammates.

The Manchester United forward has been deployed in a passing midfield role by Roy Hodgson at Euro2016 and with a wise head on his shoulders, has taken upon the responsibility of helping his more inexperienced teammates get into scoring situations.

Ahead of Monday night's final Group B clash with Slovakia, Rooney said: "They're great to have in the squad. Everyone has seen the quality of players which we mentioned before the tournament.

"We have got a squad of 23 players and whoever the manager decides to play, obviously it's his choice, we have players who can change games, which happened in the Wales game.

"It's obviously great to try and create chances for the other players, to create chances for them players because, as this season has shown, they're goalscorers. If they get chances, they will score goals.

"We know we've got good quality players who can score goals and it's important that we try and get them the chances to get them the opportunity to do that."

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