Kyle Walker and Chris Smalling are just two of the youngsters England coach Roy Hodgson expects to be battering his door down next season.

Although Hodgson returned home this week well in credit following a Euro 2012 performance that far exceeded expectation, he knows the positive work must continue.

That means creating even more competition for places.

Hodgson is set to make wholesale changes for the friendly with Italy in August before deciding on his squad for the first World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine in September.

“I’m rather hoping one or two players will knock so hard on my door that they prove to be the right ones,” said Hodgson.

“You will definitely see some revolution there because that game is going to be the ideal opportunity for me to look at some players who weren’t with us here and maybe feel they should have been.

“I want to see if they can add to the quality of our team.”

Hodgson highlighted Walker and Smalling, while Jack Wilshere is another he will want to look at.

Midfield duo Jack Rodwell and Tom Cleverley may also come into the frame, whilst it is possible those who had only limited game-time this summer, such as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jordan Henderson, or none at all, like Phil Jones and Martin Kelly, will be offered an opportunity to impress.

In addition, Adam Johnson and Daniel Sturridge were on Hodgson’s standby list for Poland and Ukraine, while Norwich keeper John Ruddy was forced to pull out after breaking a finger on the first day of training.

“By the time we get to those qualifiers I will have to mix together what I’ve seen of the players who were here and what I’ve seen of the other players from the Premier League,” he said.

“At all costs, we have to retain the two elements this tournament has given us, our defensive discipline, organisation and teamwork and the desire to be part of an England team, to really go the extra mile to be able to wear the shirt.

“The next question is then can we improve the quality within our team.”