England 'had squad to win Euros'

Sam Allardyce has been named the new England coach. The 61-year-old succeeds Roy Hodgson, who quit after England's Euro 2016 exit.

He held his first press conference yesterday and is quite happy to take this job.

He's convinced that England could have won Euro 2016 with Hodgson's squad and promised that he'll make a better job.

Allardice said:  "I think they [could have lifted the trophy] had they all performed to their best, which they suggested they were going to beforehand.

"I was extremely excited by the performances that came before they actually got to the tournament, I thought there was some outstanding ability in the team to beat teams.

"This is a different level, this is a different challenge and so I am challenging myself to be able to meet that challenge to help England get to a tournament and do better than they've done before.

"I'm ready for this now. After 950 games as a manager there is something you want to change in your life sometimes and this was it for me".