Hamza Choudhury has announced that he will play for "a number of years for Bangladesh", expressing his confidence on the team and the head coach, during his first official press conference at a hotel in the capital on Wednesday.

The 27-year-old midfielder said he doesn't have any special expectation on himself, rather he wants to add to the process of the team that is already in place.  

''We are a great nation. We can achieve whatever we'd like, we'll just have to put in the hard work and we need to respect the process of going to that level. We've got no rush. We've got a lot of time Inshallah. I'll be playing for Bangladesh for a number of years, '' the Sheffield United midfielder said when asked about his expectations of the team and of himself in Bangladesh.

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Flanked by captain Jamal Bhuiyan and head coach Javier Cabrera by his side, Hamza, who arrived in Dhaka last night after spending two days in Habiganj, said: ''At the end of the day, I'm from a different league, I play a different style of football. But these players here, like Jamal the captain, they are much more experienced than me in international football. And experience goes a long way. So I'm here to learn from them as well. Inshallah we could be successful and we just want to take one step at a time.''

The Leicester City-academy product, who represented England at the under-21 level, said he was hopeful and excited seeing the team's tactical abilities and playing style.

''I'm very hopeful and I'm very excited. I and the coach have been in contact for a number of weeks. He showed me a number of video clips and I'm very surprised at the team's tactical abilities and the way they have been attacking teams. So I'm hopeful I can add something to the team,'' Hamza added.