Wayne Rooney has no plans to quit England, but should he follow Roy Hodgson out exit door?

The Manchester United forward Rooney, 30, scored a penalty to give England the lead in Nice, his 53rd goal in 115 matches, before Iceland recovered to secure a quarter-final with host nation France.

While Roy Hodgson quit after the humiliating defeat, Rooney has no plans to follow a similar path.

England begin their campaign to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia in September when they visit Slovakia - a side they drew 0-0 with in the group stage of Euro 2016 - on Sunday September 4.

Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta are also in Group F of European qualifying.

"I said before the tournament and I’ve been asked many times, but I’m proud to play for England and I’ll see who the next manager is and, if selected, I’m available to play," said Rooney.

“It is hard to see it now, but the future is bright. It will take a bit of time I’m sure but we have to try to dust it off as quick as we can and try to move on.

“It is a hard one to take, it is embarrassing. We know we are a better team."

Keep calm, and carry on would be our advice to Rooney, England's captain and record goalscorer. This is no time for England to become overly self-critical of what was an extremely poor performance in losing to Iceland. The national side had performed well in the group stage in beating Wales and drawing with Russia and Slovakia. They were better than their results in the group stage, while Rooney appeared to revel in a slightly deeper midfield role. By contrast, the performance against Iceland was abject.

While it is easy to be critical of the nature of the display, it would be unfair to look for scapegoats when England are such a young squad. Hodgson has paid for it with his job, but there are not too many England players are retirement age.

A bad night at the office is possible in knockout football, and England will be strongly fancied to qualify for a sixth straight World Cup finals under Hodgson's successor. They will be helped in their quest with Rooney available to the new manager, even if the new United manager Jose Mourinho might disagree.

As the former England defender Lee Dixon pointed out, England must dust themselves down and go again. After the traditional inquest, there is no other alternative.