Gerrard: Wayne will have to wait for the armband... I'm going nowhere!

Temporary promotion: Rooney captained the side in Gerrard's absence against San Marino

He said: 'It is great for English football that we are producing these players. They are the players that are keeping the likes of myself on my toes. I know I've got to keep a consistency in my game at this level to stay in the team. All the experienced players are aware of that.'

Gerrard is confident England can overcome the recent retirement of former skipper John Terry.
He said: 'I would agree to a certain extent that he is a big miss because he is a fantastic player who has been a fantastic servant to Chelsea and England.

'But we've all moved on from John's decision because we have to respect it and hopefully we've got other good players who will step in and do a good job as well, Lescott, Cahill and Jagielka etc. We are not short in that area and hope John is not missed too much.'

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