Spain playmaker Cesc Fabregas considers England to be among the contenders for the Euro 2016 title.
Roy Hodgson s side – who came through their qualifying group for next year s competition in France with a 100 per cent record faced defending European champions Spain on Friday, suffering a 2-0 defeat.
While the Chelsea midfielder believes England are a team in transition, he feels they have enough quality to challenge for the trophy next summer.
He was impressed by their counter-attacking football but warns they will need to be more clinical if they are to succeed.
They are a young team, the same as us, changing a little bit as the [Steven] Gerrards and [Frank] Lampards have gone, Fabregas is quoted as saying by The Mirror. It s the same for us with Xav…