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Shearer: How can Hodgson pick Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere?

Alan Shearer has slammed the quality of England's humiliated squad.

Roy Hodgson quit on Monday night after a 2-1 defeat to Iceland in Nice ended England's participation at Euro 2016.

Shearer told BBC 5Live: "How can he pick Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere? We had players in the squad who didn't deserve to be there. Manchester City's winger Raheem Sterling hasn't performed. We can go on and on. Then there was Tottenham striker Harry Kane on corners - the list is endless.

"Our players caved tonight. We've all played under pressure, they caved and the manager caved. He gave Manchester United teenage striker Marcus Rashford four minutes and he still did more than anyone else.

"We are blinded by the Premier League, we think it's the best in the world for talent, it's not. We are totally reliant for foreign players and managers for excitement. We are not as good as we think we are."

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