Saturday's F.A. Cup final, in which the lowest-scoring Manchester United team in more than a quarter of a century is expected to beat Crystal Palace as comfortably as it can with such an impotent attack, will have two particular interests for England manager Roy Hodgson.

As he begins his preparations for Euro 2016, the performances of Wayne Rooney and Marcus Rashford will be under Hodgson's microscope.

There is no doubt Rooney, if fit, will captain England in France though not as a striker, the position where he has won virtually all his 109 caps. Rooney now refers to himself as a midfielder, with United at least, and it is in this role Hodgson will use him behind a lone striker, almost certainly Harry Kane.