England captain Wayne Rooney feels if Danny Welbeck can get a run as Arsenal's main striker it can only boost hopes of qualifying for Euro 2016.
Welbeck joined the Gunners in a 16 million-pound deadline day switch from Manchester United, following the arrival of Colombia forward Radamel Falcao from Monaco.
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The 23-year-old could well be handed a preferred central role in leading Arsenal's attack following the foot injury to Olivier Giroud, which is expected to sideline the France international until January.
Rooney may partner his former United teammate in attack against Switzerland for England's opening European Championships qualifier in Basel on Monday night following injury to Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge.
The new England skipper hopes Welbeck, who scored 29 goals in 142 appearances for the Red Devils, will be given the opportunities to showcase his talents by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
"Danny is a lively player, an impact player. He is quick, he can score goals and I am sure with him getting the move to Arsenal now, hopefully he can play up front for Arsenal, that will really help him with England," Rooney said.
"He is a Manchester lad and I spoke to him a few times, it was a really tough decision for him to move, but for his professional career, he felt he had to.
"Hopefully he can get a few games up front which would benefit him for England."
Welbeck had been at United since the age of eight and Rooney admitted it would be somewhat strange not to have him around their Carrington training complex any more.
"Daniel was a popular lad in the [United] dressing room, we all respect him, are good friends with him and will miss him in the dressing room as well," he said. "But I wish him all the best and hopefully he does well."
Rooney accepts England will have to do much better than when labouring through a 1-0 win over Norway in front of a half-empty Wembley on Wednesday night when they walk out at St Jakob-Park for their Group E opener.
"It is going to be a tough game we know that, but we have to focus and work on things which we feel we can expose them," said Rooney, whose penalty against Norway took him to fourth on the all-time England scorer list with 41.
"We have to play better than against Norway obviously to get a good result, and I am sure we will learn from that game. It was important we came back after the World Cup to get that victory -- but now the real business starts on Monday."
Rooney admitted the early exit from the World Cup in Brazil was "my worst moment in football," but also feels from such disappointment can come inspiration for future success.
"The younger lads who were there as well, they felt that, and it not a nice feeling, so we have to try to make we don't feel like that again, and make sure we qualify for the Euros," he said.
"If we get there, when we get there, then that (experience) can will help us."