Dele Alli believes England’s Euro 2016 humiliation left him and his team-mates bruised, battered, but stronger and ready to restore the country’s pride at this summer’s World Cup.

The European Championships were Dele’s first experience of an international tournament and he admits the elimination to Iceland was one of the worst moments of his short career so far.

But Dele, as he has been known since changing the name on the back of his shirt in 2016, is now confident he and England will benefit from their bad experience in France when they travel to Russia.

With England now on countdown to the World Cup and due to face Holland and Italy in pre-tournament friendlies, Dele said: “The Euros was one of the best experiences of my career and one of the worst at the same time. But everything’s a new experience and you learn from it all.

“To be a part of it for your country, growing up you see the big tournaments being played, you see it on the TV, look at all the flags flying out of the windows and seeing how much it means to the country, to be a part of it was massive but the way it ended was a huge disappointment.