Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: James Ward-Prowse was sat on the tarmac of Liverpool's John Lennon Airport, stewing on a bad result, when his phone began to buzz. It was April 4 and Southampton's hopes of qualifying for Europe had just been checked with a 2-0 defeat at Everton, leaving the 20-year-old deflated but before take-off he received a message that let him know good news was on the way. Roy Hodgson, so the text informed him, had been asked for his views on Ward-Prowse's progress and had responded accordingly: 'He will be in our thoughts because we like him very much. We've kept our hands off him, simply because of the Under 21s, but we know he is a big prospect.'England begin European U21 Championship against Portugal on ThursdayJames Ward-Prowse is part of Gareth Southgate's 23-man sqaudSouthampton midfielder hopes to use it as a springboard to senior squadRoy Hodgson revealed in April that Ward-Prowse was in his thoughts 
 Question:'It was great to hear that and gives me a good incentive that if I continue to perform well, I will give myself a good chance to get into the senior squad,' said _-Prowse.

James Ward