"I played 45 minutes and Roy Hodgson expressed his satisfaction with my performance during a chat I had with him after the match had ended," Teymourain told Iranian Student News Agency.

"I play the role of the defensive midfielder in the 4-4-2 system and have more defensive duties than Danny Murphy.

"I think I played well in that game as well and we could go ahead with two goals after Danny and I had entered the game. After that game Hodgson was happy with my display."

"I have been wearing number 6 in the training session and the friendly matches, most likely I'll be wearing the same number in the EPL. This number is a special one."