When Harry Kane leads England out in Budapest tonight the players chosen to represent the Three Lions will be entering the finishing stretch to another ludicrously long season.
The Nations League fixture is the first of four games for England in June, finishing with the return against the same opposition on June 14, when those internationals can finally let their shoulders slump and head away on holiday.
That date will be exactly 10 months since the 2021/22 Premier League season started and just seven-and-a-half weeks away from the first competitive ball of next season being kicked.
