Who will win Euro 2024?

It’s looking like being a great summer for football fans as the Euro 2024 competition gets ready to kick off. This time, it’ll take place in Germany from 14 June to 14 July. Last time around saw Italy beating England, but truly anything could happen this time around. So if you were to go to a resource like Strafe.com to find a betting site, who should you be backing to win Euro 2024? Here are the bookie’s favourites:

England

Could this finally be England’s year? After so many close calls, England are now looking hungrier than ever to win their first major football tournament in over 50 years.

England’s strengths lie in their formidable attacking options with Harry Kane leading the charge while rising stars such as Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka point to a positive future. However, there remain big concerns about England’s defensive fragility and such problems will need to be addressed early on. England are in Group C and face relatively easy opposition in the form of Slovenia, Serbia and Denmark.

France

Can France overcome that World Cup disappointment against Argentina a couple of years ago? This featured Kylian Mbappe somehow scoring a hat-trick and yet failing to win the trophy.

France are once again a team of superstars, and it’s a matter of making all of the stars align to produce a tournament winning performance. Mbappe will be keen to claim a proper trophy after yet another Champions League letdown with PSG, and they should make light work of their opponents, Austria, Poland and the Netherlands in Group D.

Germany

The German national football side have been underperforming for quite a few years now, but they are sure to step it up a gear with the home crowd backing them. Much of this will depend on whether a new generation of talent can perform.

A massively improved Kai Havertz has shown that he can deliver the goods for Arsenal, while Niclas Fullkrug has been working wonders for Borussia Dortmund. Germany also have a pretty easy group with Scotland, Austria and Hungary providing the opposition.

Spain

Spain may still be a fair distance away from being that incredible team that they were just over a decade ago, but things are definitely improving. Much of this is down to individual excellence with key players like Rodri being named the best defensive midfielder in the world, alongside the experienced stars like Aymeric Laporte and Dani Carvajal.

However, there is a new wave of talent also coming through with Barcelona’s Pedri and the 16-year old wonderkid Lamine Yamal set to light up the footballing stage. Just note that Spain face a relatively tough challenge in Group B where they have to take on Croatia, Italy and Albania.

Portugal

Many will still remember Portugal’s surprise 2016 win, and while a lot has changed, the team will still be having Cristiano Ronaldo on the field at the age of 39 years. Elsewhere, there will be the experienced coach Roberto Martinez guiding a huge amount of talent at his disposal.

With names like Joao Cancelo, Bernando Silva, Joao Felix, Diogo Jota and Bruno Fernandes, you cannot really call Portugal the dark horses of the tournament. They compete in Group F alongside the Czech Republic, Turkey and Georgia.

Italy

You never quite know where you stand with Italy. After all, while they won the last Euros, they failed to qualify for the World Cup either side of that tournament. This time around, Italy will take on Spain, Croatia and Albania in Group B. If they make it out of here, then who knows how far the Italians will go?