In the 1995–96 season Liverpool's improved form coincided with Wright's return to the first team and he earned a surprise recall to the England set-up in April 1996. England were due to host Euro 96 that summer and Wright made his first appearance for his country in almost four years in a friendly against Croatia. Wright again featured in a three-man defence a month later as England won 3–0 against Hungary at Wembley but yet again injury struck at the wrong time. Wright strained knee ligaments only 12 minutes into the game, which meant that he would ultimately miss out on another major tournament. That match against Hungary in May 1996 proved to be Wright's last for England. In total he had won 45 caps over a 12-year period. The England manager for the vast majority of those games was Robson, a man Wright later described as "the most important person in my football career."