England are in good shape to go on a long run at Euro 2016 in France next year, according to their former defender Ledley King.
Roy Hodgson s men have already booked their ticket to the tournament, having won all eight of their Group E qualification matches so far and will attempt to make it a perfect 10 in their last two encounters against Estonia and Lithuania.
King who was capped 21 times between 2002 and 2010 has seen significant improvements in England s displays and feels the faster pace of their attack could prove to be a huge benefit at the finals next year, which begin in June.
I think there is a good youthful squad at the moment, he told Omnisport.
Obviously previous tournaments were disappointing but I believe the players would have learned a lot from that and will go into the Euros feeling encouraged about the possibilities of going far in the tournament.
The team has had a little bit of time now to really get together, gel more and get used to Hodgson s style of play.
What I like about the team is they seem to be trying to play with pace and I think that is going to be England s best route to going there and doing well. It is important they play at that Premier League tempo and try to really keep that tempo high.
I don t feel that the slow football really suits the English style so I have been pleased to see that is the style of football they are playing and qualifying has been very good.
England s match against Estonia takes place at Wembley on Friday, before the trip to Lithuania on Monday.
