Gary Cahill has said that the international retirements of Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard have put "added pressure" on him to perform while on duty with England.
The Chelsea defender has played 28 times for his country, with only captain Wayne Rooney, Phil Jagielka and James Milner having more caps in the current England squad.
The 28-year-old told the London Standard: "For this next qualifying campaign there's going to be more of an onus on me to be more of a leader, to try and show my experience.
"Even though I'm only in the middle of my career, I feel quite old in the squad. I've taken on a lot from those experienced players who have stepped away from the set-up but I haven't necessarily had to step forward much in the past because they were always there.
"So there's added pressure on me and the other senior players to step up. We need to start building again. We're only human, it was a big knock not to qualify out of the group stage at the World Cup and we have to regroup, rebuild and go again."
England face Switzerland in their first Euro 2016 qualifier on Monday.
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