Leon Britton's agent has claimed that the Swansea City midfielder deserves an opportunity in the England side.

After Andrea Pirlo's man-of-the-match display during England's quarter-final defeat to Italy on Sunday, Glenn Corcoran believes that Britton can play a similar role for Roy Hodgson's team.

Corcoran said: "After the defeat by Italy on Sunday, everyone was saying England are crying out for a player like Andrea Pirlo, who can sit deep, retain possession and take the pressure off the team. If you look at the stats, the player who was the best at doing that in Europe last season was Leon.

"You have to wonder if the fact Leon plays at one of the more unfashionable clubs in Swansea stood against him.

"But I'd like to think with Hodgson talking about a revolution with England he will come and have a good, close look at Leon."

Britton's last taste of international football came 13 years ago for the England Under-21s side.