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Man Utd ace Rooney excited leading England tonight at Wembley

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will be proud leading a new-look England tonight at Wembley against Norway.

England's new skipper hopes they can soon win around fans.

"It's a great honour to captain my country, something I'm extremely proud of," Rooney said. "I want to be a successful, I want to be a successful captain and I want this team to be successful.

"I am sure all the team want that, we're working hard to try and get there. Tomorrow is the start of a new chapter.

"We have to put the summer behind us. We were all, obviously, very disappointed.

"We went into the tournament with high hopes, we were expecting better for ourselves, but unfortunately that didn't happen but we have to move on. There's no point looking back.

"We're still continuing on the road we've started. We knew it was going to be tough.

"We've obviously got a couple of retirements and then we've got young players coming into the squad, which is exciting.

"It is exciting times with the players you see week in, week out for the clubs.

"What we need now is these players to bring that form to England and I am sure we'll do very well."

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