England boss Roy Hodgson has warned Jack Grealish he cannot guarantee him a place in his squad despite the midfielder's decision to represent England over the Republic of Ireland.

"I'm very pleased," he said of the player's decision.

"I think it is the right decision, frankly he is English having met him and his father, it is an English family albeit with fairly distant Irish roots.

"I think he has got the talent to be an England player, he has a lot of work today before that day is concreted - but I was happy that in a choice between the two countries he took the bolder decision to try and be an England international.

"I was keen to point out to him and his father that there are no guarantees from my point of view - one thing I can categorically say is that the only way he will get into the England squad is if he is one of the best 23.

"We can't offer him any sweeteners or bonuses because you have made a decision to play for England."