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		</div><p>Paul Scholes is relishing the prospect of watching England&#8217;s Euro 2016 campaign and sees no reason why they cannot progress deep into the tournament &#8211; although he does not think Roy Hodgson&#8217;s men will go all the way in France.</p>
<p>The former Manchester United midfielder, who earned 66 England caps and featured in the 2000 and 2004 European Championships, will be an interested observer in his country&#8217;s fortunes this summer after admitting he has not been upbeat about their chances in recent tournaments.</p>
<p>Scholes sees a youthful vigour in a squad which has an average age of 24 years and eight months among the 23 outfield players selected by Hodgson, and believes they should be eyeing England&#8217;s first spot in the semi-finals of a major competition since Euro 96. </p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really excited &#8211; more than I have been over the last three or four tournaments,&#8221; Scholes told the Daily Mail.</p>
<p>&#8220;The team spirit is brilliant. In the last four or five tournaments I don&#8217;t think the team spirit was at its strongest, but these players are willing to learn. They&#8217;re young players, they listen to coaches and they are listening to team-mates.</p>
<p>&#8220;We probably won&#8217;t win it yet, but they&#8217;re not too far away from possibly the semi-final when you look at the talent in the squad. We&#8217;ve got exciting players and if they can find a way of playing and gel together, we&#8217;ve got a great chance of getting to the semis.&#8221;</p>
<p>Scholes would keep faith in England&#8217;s all-time leading goalscorer and captain Wayne Rooney up front, despite the form of Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy this season.</p>
<p>While Rooney has struggled for form and fitness, Kane topped the Barclays Premier League scoring charts with 25 goals for Tottenham while Vardy&#8217;s tally of 24 went a long way to securing Leicester a shock title success.</p>
<p>However, Scholes added: &#8220;I&#8217;d probably still start with Wayne in a number 10 or a number nine role up front with Kane. I&#8217;d maybe keep Vardy as sub for the last 20 minutes and see how it goes.</p>
<p>If it doesn&#8217;t start great then there are options. It&#8217;s the best thing about this squad &#8211; so many options.&#8221;</p>
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