England’s World Cup squad and their loved ones will hopefully be reassured by increased security back home after raiders targeted Raheem Sterling’s house.
Sterling was forced to miss Sunday’s game against Senegal to fly home to his traumatised fiancee and children.
Captain Harry Kane’s level-headed leadership is just what England players need at such a time, because as manager Gareth Southgate is aware, distractions back home are the last thing they need ahead of Saturday’s showdown with world champions France.
