FA communications chief Adrian Bevington says they're doing all they can to lessen the suspension Manchester United star Wayne Rooney faces.

Rooney will definitely miss the start of the tournament after being sent off in Friday's 2-2 draw with Montenegro to earn a suspension.

However, UEFA will not decide until Thursday whether to increase his automatic one-match ban.

"We are still waiting to be advised by the UEFA disciplinary group as to what the penalty will be," Bevington told Sky Sports News.

"We have been working very hard behind the scenes to ensure that we are prepared to support Wayne in any way we can.

"If it does lead to an appeal process, or any supplementary evidence we can submit to support him, we are not disputing that he was sent off for a red-card offence, but it is very important to us as an organisation that we try and look after all our players.

"And I would like to say, on the record, that Wayne conducted himself incredibly well after the game. He was very apologetic and I felt he handled it very maturely.

"We will do all that we can to try and ensure that Wayne is available to us as soon as possible in the finals."