'Winning these Euros not just down to having the best players'

What next? That’s nan mobility I’ve been asked a batch since I announced earlier this twelvemonth that I would beryllium retiring, and particularly since I played my last crippled for Celtic a mates of weeks ago.

I haven’t taken immoderate coaching badges, which was a deliberate decision. For immoderate people, coaching aliases managing is nan evident action erstwhile they extremity playing, but it is not thing that has ever been ingrained successful me.

I still want to springiness thing back, though. I americium not a goalkeeper anymore but I emotion to talk astir nan creation of goalkeeping, arsenic good arsenic really it has changed truthful overmuch successful my time… and really it keeps connected evolving.

I’m going to beryllium doing that rather a batch successful nan adjacent fewer weeks while I’m moving for nan BBC astatine Euro 2024 and I can’t hold to get started.

The logic I wanted to get into punditry is to amended group who are willing successful goalkeeping, and hopefully I tin thief group understand nan position a spot better.

I’ll beryllium trying my champion to do that by giving a goalkeeper’s perspective, which tin beryllium very different to that of an outfield player. Sometimes erstwhile a extremity goes in, nan study you spot connected TV is astir really nan keeper should person done better, aliases has made a mistake.

That tin beryllium nan case, of course, and I americium not present to protect goalkeepers from criticism, but portion of nan measurement I analysed my ain performances during my profession was to activity retired precisely why things happened.

There is often a batch much to a extremity than mightiness first look and I want to effort to research and explicate that, and each nan different variables that tin impact nan goalkeeper – from nan positions they return up and really they activity pinch their defenders, to nan activity of nan shot and everything other that is happening successful beforehand of them.

These are things that mightiness look elemental but they really aren’t – and I americium consenting to spell into that detail.

I’ll beryllium learning caller things myself too, including really to beryllium a pundit - I afloat understand I americium not going to beryllium superb astatine it to commencement with.

It feels weird to beryllium described aliases introduced arsenic a erstwhile goalkeeper, because I person only conscionable near a waste and acquisition that I was moving successful arsenic a master for much than 20 years – I made my elder debut for Shrewsbury Town successful April 2004, erstwhile I was 17.

Although I went to 4 awesome finals pinch England, being connected this broadside of things astatine a tourney is each caller to me.

In nan past I person conscionable been focused connected myself, and what I needed to do arsenic a goalkeeper, alternatively than uncovering retired very overmuch astir different players from different teams we weren’t up against, but arsenic I’ve said, I americium not a goalie anymore, truthful I americium looking guardant to that changing erstwhile I americium successful Germany.

I americium going to perceive to everyone astir me, make nan astir of their acquisition and return successful arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable - I americium open-minded, open-eyed and looking guardant to everything nan adjacent fewer weeks mightiness bring.

One of nan reasons I americium truthful excited astir for this tourney is I judge England person a awesome chance of winning it.

I cognize a batch of our players good from my clip pinch nan squad, particularly immoderate of nan defenders - Kyle Walker and John Stones regularly played successful beforehand of maine astatine world level - and I've known Kieran Trippier since we were teenagers astatine Manchester City.

They are top-class players who will person a immense opportunity successful really we do this time. I americium looking guardant to watching them from a individual constituent of view, but besides to measure them from a master viewpoint, to spot really overmuch they person grown since I was past pinch them.

I played nether Gareth Southgate too, and I consciousness for illustration his assurance has accrued a batch since my clip pinch nan squad, erstwhile he had conscionable stepped up from nan Under-21s to return nan England occupation connected an interim basis.

He’s had occurrence astatine nan past 2 tournaments, reaching nan semi-finals astatine nan 2018 World Cup and past nan last astatine nan past European Championship, and it besides seems for illustration everyone loves playing nether him, which is truthful important.

For everything that is talked astir by group extracurricular nan squad, it is what happens successful nan campy that really matters and Gareth has built an situation wherever they will consciousness safe and will beryllium very focused.

It looks for illustration nan head and players understand each different and what it takes to spell nan distance, truthful they will beryllium capable to put themselves successful nan champion position to execute each nan readying and difficult activity that they person already put in.

England are decidedly bully capable to spell each nan measurement successful Germany - if you look astatine each nan squads, past on pinch France we are incredibly beardown - but I cognize what goes into winning a tourney and it is not rather a elemental arsenic conscionable having nan champion players, truthful we will person to spot really it plays out.

I’ll beryllium watching Scotland intimately too, of course, because of my aged team-mates from Celtic who are successful their team. How Scotland do doesn’t fuss me, but I want my pals to do well.

I’ve sewage individual connections pinch players from tons of different teams astatine these Euros too, and it’s nan aforesaid for each of them. Ultimately they are my friends, and I want what is champion for them, nary matter what state they are from.

In nan past I had to look my mates astatine tournaments and effort to get nan amended of them, truthful what will beryllium rather refreshing this clip is that I won’t person to put those friendships aside.

I’m not connected nan transportation this time, truthful it doesn’t matter what I do. Instead I tin conscionable beryllium happy for my pals to beryllium retired location connected nan biggest stage, and fingers crossed they will perform.

Joe Hart was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.