James Milner admits the success of Manchester City and Chelsea over the last few weeks can only be of benefit to the national team.
Milner: Title winner with Manchester City
City won the Premier League with two late goals against QPR while Chelsea claimed the Champions League title last Saturday and Milner admits the confidence gained from such triumphs can rub off on England.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of the friendly with Norway on Saturday, Milner said: "Our players are going to the tournament high on confidence.
"Winning is a habit and you want to get into those habits of winning trophies and get into that winning mentality.
"Players have had a taste and had a good season, others are at clubs that haven't won the Premier League or Champions League but have had good seasons individually or positive seasons with their clubs.
"It's only a good thing for us as a team going out there to Poland."
Saturday's game will be the first under Roy Hodgson, who was appointed as Fabio Capello's successor at the start of the month.
Milner said: "We've had a good couple of (training) sessions, a bit tough.
"He wanted to get across how he wants us to play.
"The lads are getting pretty clear on how we are going to set up and how he wants us to play."
He added: "The lads are feeling ready to go.
"The lads are happy. The Chelsea boys are getting much-needed rest.
"Hopefully, we'll be raring to go for the tournament.
"Every player will contribute so it's important we have a good squad of players which we do."
Source : http://soccer365.com//news/european_news/general/17070/milner_hoping_success_continues
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