Raheem Sterling has insisted that England can take the positives from their disastrous World Cup in Brazil.

Roy Hodgson's side picked up just one point on their way to a group-stage exit, but Sterling believes that there will be an improvement at future major tournaments as England prepare for the start of their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign in the autumn.

"The results were disappointing, obviously, and going out in the group stages but I have definitely taken some positives from it," the Liverpool winger told reporters on the club's tour of the USA.

"I will try to build on my performances and the team's performances going forward.

"I think we had good a enough squad and team to go into the knockout stages but that's football. It's hard at times and we have to learn from that going into the next major tournament."

Sterling appeared in all three of England's group games in Brazil.