It's not English way but to win Euros we need French arrogance and German mentality

GLENN HODDLE gazes back down Wembley Way, the promenade where so many English football dreams have ended in tears, and dares to dream.

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"It really does feel like our time is now," says the former England manager.

Wembley was once Hoddle's 'office' until he was turfed out over some careless talk about karma and the disabled.

Now he is talking up England's prospects at Euro 2024 and recalling the scary Saturday lunchtime in 2018 when he went into cardiac arrest after a close encounter with a lizard in a TV studio, and his life was saved by the heroic intervention of sound technician Simon Daniels.

More on the story of that karma chameleon later. But Hoddle fancies England's chances in Germany this summer and he can feel the old sap rising again.

"There are genuine reasons why we can go toe-to-toe with the best in Europe now because we have so much outstanding young talent, especially higher up the pitch," he says.

"I just hope we go in with that genuine belief that we are better than everyone else.

"It's not the English way, but we need a touch of that French arrogance, we need a touch of that German winning mentality. We can look people in the eye in the tunnel and say, 'We're better than you'