Declan Rice missed England training on Wednesday through illness.
It comes as a major worry for Gareth Southgate's side as they prepare for their crucial quarter-final clash with France on Saturday. Rice has been an integral part to the side so far in the tournament and had been expected to start before picking up the illness.
22 of Southgate's squad trained on Wednesday, whilst Rice and Callum Wilson sat out of the session. The latter of the two is said to still be nursing a minor strain having missed training either side of the 3-0 victory over Senegal on Sunday.
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The ever present Rice, however, is ill. England only have three training sessions to prepare for the quarter-final, with the West Ham captain missing the first of those.
Meanwhile, Raheem Sterling is back in England following reports that his house had been burgled. Whether Sterling will return to Qatar remains to be seen, but he's expected to be unavailable for Saturday as things stand.
If Rice and Wilson don't recover, Southgate may only have 22 of his initial 26-man squad to face the World Champions, but he'll still be confident about his England side getting the result.
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