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Roy Hodgson has agreed to play Turkey in England ’s Euro 2016 build-up.

England boss Hodgson has already arranged for his team to face Portugal and Australia in warm-up games for this summer's tournament in France.

They will kick off the friendlies against Turkey — who have also qualified for the finals — at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium on Sunday May 22, after it emerged at the Turkish end that a deal has been agreed.

The two nations have not meant since the qualifiers for Euro 2004, with England winning 2-0 in Sunderland with goals from Darius Vassell and David Beckham,and the reverse fixture in Istanbul ending goalless.

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England also face Australia at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland on Friday May 27 and Cristiano Ronaldo's Euros-bound Portugal at Wembley on Thursday June 2 as the final friendly.

The group campaign begins with Russia in Marseille on June 11 before further fixtures against Wales (June 16) and Slovakia (June 20).