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England's Wayne Rooney laments 'embarrassing' Iceland loss at Euro '16

Wayne Rooney has vowed to be part of a bright England's future, despite describing his side's Euro 2016 defeat to Iceland as "embarrassing.''

Rooney captained his country to one of the most ignominious results in their history in Nice on Monday, a 2-1 defeat in the last 16 against the smallest nation to ever reach the finals of a major tournament.

While they move on to a quarterfinal against hosts France, England head home humiliated, humbled and hunting for a new manager following Roy Hodgson's resignation.

But Rooney, who scored an early penalty before England's worst fears materialised, vowed he would not turn his back on the Three Lions.

"Of course, I said before the tournament and I've been asked many times but I'm proud to play for England and I'll see who the next manager is and, if selected, I'm available to play,'' said the country's 53-goal record scorer.

"It is hard to see it now but the future is bright. It will take a bit of time I'm sure but we have to try to dust it off as quick as we can and try to move on.

"It is a hard one to take, it is embarrassing. We know we are a better team.

"But you can't explain it by saying we could have done this or that. We tried to create chances, but unfortunately we couldn't win.

"Whoever the new manager is, it is the job for him to recognise and try to see where we need to improve.''

Rooney was invited during Sunday's prematch news conference to discuss the possibility of a quarterfinal against hosts France, but insisted at the time he was not looking beyond the task at hand.

And whatever England's failings were the Manchester United skipper insists overconfidence was not one of them.

"You get asked before the game about underestimating them and we gave honest answers that we wouldn't underestimate them; we respect them as a team and they work hard and are organised,'' he said.

"We knew that and knew they were dangerous from set-pieces and throw-ins, though we didn't deal with that well enough.

"We prepared and did everything we could and it hasn't worked for us.''

Rooney is a veteran of England's tournament traumas, having tasted different brands of defeat in 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2014 -- and a failure to qualify under Steve McClaren for Euro 2008.

That marks Rooney out from most of his younger teammates, for whom he had advice on how to deal with the fall-out.

"I think they just need to keep their heads down,'' he said.

"It will hurt for a while of course, the players understand that. You have to bounce back, that is your job, but each player is different, some might take longer.

"That will be down to the clubs to look after them.

"It's been six tournaments we have gone out of. At the moment, I'm gutted, but I can't separate from the other times.

"We are all in it together and we all have to share that responsibility."

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