Europeans 'ready To Go' For Ryder Cup - Mcilroy

2025 Ryder Cup

Venue: Bethpage Black, New York Dates: 26-28 September

Coverage: Live matter commentary connected BBC Sport website

Masters champion Rory McIlroy says he "loves" nan squad selected by European skipper Luke Donald for this month's Ryder Cup astatine Bethpage Black.

The world number 2 from Northern Ireland will again spearhead nan European situation pinch skipper Donald naming nan most settled team successful Ryder Cup history.

Rasmus Hojgaard - who has replaced his copy relative Nicolai having qualified done nan ranking strategy - is nan only alteration to nan squad that hit nan United States 2 years ago.

McIlroy, 36, has completed nan profession Grand Slam since that triumph successful Rome, while Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood some won FedEx Cup play-off events past period and Robert McIntyre was 2nd successful another.

"You could make an statement that each 12 guys are much accomplished than they were 2 years ago, truthful I'm excited," McIlroy told BBC Sport NI's Stephen Watson.

"Continuity is an underestimated value successful a team, particularly erstwhile it comes to a Ryder Cup erstwhile there's truthful galore variables and changes. Love nan 12 guys that person been assembled, and I deliberation we're fresh to go.

"We cognize it's going to beryllium very difficult, there's a logic each Ryder Cup for nan past 10 years has been won by nan location team, but we person a awesome opportunity."

McIlroy was a portion of nan European squad that astir precocious won a Ryder Cup distant from location astatine Medinah successful 2013.

In what will beryllium his eighth clip astatine nan event, he is expecting a "raucous" location crowd but believes "taking a leaf" from tennis prima Novak Djokovic's book could beryllium adjuvant for his team-mates astatine Bethpage Black aft the Serbian hit location favourite Taylor Fritz successful nan US Open quarter-finals.

"I watched a small spot of Novak Djokovic [Tuesday] nighttime playing successful his lucifer against Taylor Fritz," said McIlroy of nan 24-time awesome champion's latest Grand Slam charge.

"It was a very pro-American crowd and he's been nan champion astatine handling that. He's had to woody pinch it his full life, whether it's playing against an American successful New York aliases playing against Roger [Federer] aliases Rafa [Nadal].

"He came and said to america a small spot astir that worldly past clip successful Rome truthful [it's about] possibly taking a leafage retired of his book and channelling that power nan correct way."

McIlroy is successful nan section astatine nan Irish Open this week pinch nan DP World Tour arena astatine nan K Club his penultimate tourney earlier nan Ryder Cup.

He will besides play nan BMW PGA Championship astatine Wentworth adjacent week and believes dealing pinch nan unit of nan "business extremity of things connected a Sunday" would beryllium a bully trial of his game, moreover if winning earlier his return to nan United States is not "absolutely necessary".

"I would emotion to adhd different W to nan triumph file this twelvemonth but I don't deliberation it's a necessity," he added.

"These are 2 large leaps to make judge nan crippled is crisp and I deliberation nan only measurement to show if you are arsenic crisp arsenic you want to beryllium is getting yourself successful contention, nether pressure, astatine nan benignant of business extremity of things connected a Sunday.

"So I deliberation it's important to do that, it's important to springiness myself a mates of chances to win, but yet winning would beryllium beautiful but I don't deliberation it's perfectly basal to spell into nan Ryder Cup."