“I’m confident he’ll get fit and I won’t have a situation where I have the dilemma of 12 May arriving and him not being 100% fit but knowing he could make it by the time the tournament starts,” said the England boss.
“In an ideal world, I’d only take players who are mechanically fit and able to play. I’m confident he will be.
“But I’ve never said he’s an automatic starter. I’ve never said anyone is. Does he have a good chance with his track record, ability and experience? Of course he does. But that doesn’t necessarily mean he will be in the lineup.
"He might not have recovered to the best of his ability, or we might want to use different players or play in a different way.
"But he’s our captain and has been very important in that job in the last few years, and we will need his influence and ability on the field.
“That will have to be proven on the field of play. Wayne Rooney realises that. He knows that if I think others are better or the right men to play in a particular way, he’ll accept that because he’s a footballer, our leader and our captain.
"If he’s fit, he’ll go. But not as an automatic starter.”