duty with England in Spain at time of attacks

Wayne Rooney has revealed he immediately contacted his Manchester United team-mates past and present to ensure they were safe after learning of the terror attacks in Paris.

The England captain was in Alicante for the team’s friendly match with Spain as news filtered through of the coordinated blasts in the French capital which left 129 dead and hundreds injured.

One of the sites targeted was the Stade de France, where the France national team was playing Germany in an international friendly.

Wayne Rooney revealed in a Hertfordshire press conference that he immediately checked on the safety of his Manchester team-mates based in Paris after learning of the city's terrorist attacks

Rooney (left) was joined in the press conference by England manager Roy Hodgson

FA Chief Executive Officer Martin Glenn was also present as England prepare to take on France on Tuesday

Rooney’s club-mate Anthony Martial played for France and Morgan Schneiderlin was on the bench, while Bastian Schweinsteiger completed the game for Germany.

Former Man United players Patrice Evra and Paul Pogba were also on the field when explosions were heard outside.

Rooney will captain England in Tuesday night’s Wembley friendly with France and said: 'I spoke to all my current team-mates at Manchester United, including Bastian Schweinsteiger on the German side.

England trained at Tottenham Hotspur's training ground in Enfield on Monday as Rooney shares a discussion during the session with international team-mate and Spurs striker Harry Kane

Rooney will captain England against France at Wembey and states his side will pay France due respect

‘I was seeing that they were safe and hoping the same for their families. I passed my condolences to them as they were so close to it.’

He added: ‘On behalf of the players, we’d like to give our condolences. It is a sad time with a lot of people losing their lives. It’s hard for everyone, including ourselves, and we have to be as respectful as we can.

‘It’ll be tough for the French players but i’m sure it’ll be a chance for them to do their country proud. We all represent England and we’ll show our respect to France.’

Bastian Schweinsteiger was among the team-mates Rooney contacted after the Paris attacks with the midfielder featuring for Germany in their 2-0 defeat by France at the Stade de France on Friday

Anthony Martial was another Manchester United team-mate Rooney contacted following the friendly

With enhanced security for the friendly with France and concerns over the European Championship in the country next summer, Rooney said players do have to ‘assume’ the situation is fine whenever they go out on the pitch.

He said: ‘We can only go on the pitch in the understanding that the security checks have been made and it’s safe for us to do that.

‘We assume we’re right and ready to play. We go out and play, you never know what can happen but for us we have to assume we’re safe on the pitch.’