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Lifting the lid on the World Cup shame of Roy Hodgson's side and the bloated FA party in Brazil
The FA charter plane, top heavy with England’s bloated World Cup party of around 80 underperforming personnel, will touch down first in Manchester and then Luton on Wednesday afternoon on their hasty retreat from Brazil.

The pampered underachievers — both players and officials — will scuttle towards a convoy of chauffeured cars and then home to their families.

There will be no welcoming party of England fans thankful for having been entertained by their heroes on the greatest football stage in the world. Just a miserable retreat for a pathetic Team England.

'Disgusting': Steven Gerrard eager to weed out England shirkers
England captain Steven Gerrard has described allegations that English players have deliberately wriggled out of international duty as "disgusting" and called on those concerned to be publicly named and shamed.

Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp claimed on Sunday that during his time at Tottenham Hotspur, "there were two or three players who did not want to play for England".

Roy Hodgson asks Steven Gerrard to play on
"The manager has asked me to stay. I spoke to him and said I'd need at least three weeks to clear my head."