Rooney remains England captain for Slovakia qualifier

After weeks of media debating, new England manager Sam Allardyce finally confirmed Wayne Rooney is set to continue as England captain on Monday afternoon.

Rooney skippered England in their latest footballing calamity (their 2-1 defeat to Iceland in Euro 2016, as if you needed reminding), and there had rightly been speculation that the United striker might be replaced, with a new captain installed, under the man commonly known as Big Sam.

In general though, when you look around the England squad, there is a distinct lack of obvious replacements for Rooney jumping out at you.

For example, prior to Euro 2016, two players you might have considered to be captain material, and in the England team for years to come were Joe Hart, and Jack Wilshere.

Hart's position in the team has to come under consideration after his performance in the Euros. He was at fault for Gareth Bale's free kick, and also for the Iceland winner, at the very least.

Add to that his current club predicament, and you can see why Allardyce in no way could consider the soon to be former Manchester City keeper as his new captain.

Hart is on the verge of having to join Torino on loan just to get first team football. No disrespect to Torino, but they are in no way one of the giants of Italian football. It's probably the Italian equivalent of moving to West Ham or Southampton.

And what of Arsenal's Jack Wilshere. For a start off he never seems to stay fit long enough to string a run of games together, and he has even been left out of Allardyce's first ever squad.

His performances in Euro 2016 weren't too clever either, although that could have been down to lack of match fitness and sharpness, but there in is the problem, he basically was coming back from an injury again.

And his club situation isn't great either. He is on the verge of being loaned out by Arsenal just to get him playing first team football again.

He currently can't command a place in the Gunner's starting line up, but having missed so much time through injury, Arsenal can't afford to leave him sitting on the bench.

So as you can see, candidates are short on the ground, and that is probably why Allardyce played safe and stuck with Rooney.

Of the match itself, England go in as Even money favourites. The Slovaks are 13/5, and the draw is 9/4. If you fancy a goal spree on Sunday, Over 3.5 Goals is 7/2, with under coming in at 1/6.

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