Cole keen to seal qualification

England face Slovenia in a friendly next week ahead of their crucial qualifier against Croatia at Wembley on September 9, where victory guarantees the Three Lions a place in next summer's finals.

"Were so close at the minute it's starting to feel like we're on the way and it would be nice if we could make the country a bit proud of football again," he said in a video interview available to watch in FourFourTwo.com's ever-expanding interviews section.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.