A self-professed psychic, who claims to have predicted the September 11 terror attack, is betting on England to lift the World Cup.
Anthony Carr is predicting it will be an England versus Argentina showdown in the final, with Harry Kane 's Three Lions coming off as 2-0 victors against Lionel Messi ’s challengers.
He allegedly foresaw the duel after saying he saw a “flash of the Falklands War” — a battle in 1982 in which London defeated invading Argentine forces on the South Atlantic Ocean islands, which are a British Overseas Territory.
Mr Carr, a 79-year-old Canadian, has claimed to have predicted a slew of world events, from Princess Diana’s death to an election of a German pope.
Dubbed a “modern day Nostradamus”, Mr Carr’s most famous prediction came before Islamic fundamentalists flew passenger planes into New York’s Twin Towers in September 2001.
Nine months beforehand, he said that he foresaw a "cataclysmic cosmic event" happening in the following year.
He warned people should “watch for a sign in the heavens” because what was coming would “shock the whole world" and "put the fear of God in us”.
The terror attack left almost 3,000 people dead and was the catalyst for the US-led invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Turning to something less tragic, Mr Carr was recently asked about who he saw winning the FIFA World Cup, with the final due to be played in Qatar on December 18.
While his native Canada might have failed to get out of the group stage, Mr Carr has tipped Gareth Southgate’s squad to go all the way.
England play World Cup holders France in the quarter-final on Saturday evening in Al Khor.
Should they overcome Kylian Mbappe and co, they would face either Portugal or Morocco in the semi-final.
Another victory would place them in the final, facing either The Netherlands, Argentina, Croatia or Brazil.
Mr Carr, who hails from Toronto, said: "I'm not a big fan of soccer, but when my young friend and manager Justin was telling me a bit about what was going on in the World Cup.
"That's when I had a flash of the Falklands War in 1982.
"Something in that flash felt very familiar to me that England and Argentina would be fighting again, but this time on the playing field.
"Once again, with England being victorious — as I had predicted they would be in the Falklands War to my newspaper, The Toronto Sun.
"Never have I felt so strongly about something since my 9/11 prediction."
Mr Carr spent his early years on circus tours due to his parents being performers.
He claims his psychic gift has helped him climb out of poverty.
As well as being a clairvoyant, he has also enjoyed a music career, playing saxophone alongside Stand By Me singer Ben E. King.
The North American also claims to have been an associate of Lady Iris Mountbatten, the great-granddaughter of England's Queen Victoria.
It was while on tour as a musician that he tried out his mind skills on Hollywood stars.
He said he has read palms for celebrities such as Rocky star Sylvester Stallone, singer Frank Sinatra and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died earlier this year.
Having made a rod for his own back by predicting England to lift the premier international football trophy, Mr Carr said he does not fear getting it wrong.
He told The Spectrum website in 2017: “You never heard of Nostradamus publishing his misses, only the ones he got correct.
“I like to say 10% of my predictions are 100% accurate!”
Mr Carr, asked what he would do if his World Cup forecast does not come true, said: "Even though in my long and chequered career I have many times faced the 'Wrath of Khan', I'm quite prepared to face the wrath of the British crown.
"In short, if I'm wrong, sue me!"
However, he was less effusive about England's chance on Tik-Tok.
In a video posted on the social media platform on December 5, Mr Carr said he "didn't see anyone being declared a winner".
He said the lack of a victor was because he could see "some kind of interference like a great world chaos, a great world situation, a great explosion is what my mind's eye sees — fire, fire, fire all throughout Europe and the rest of the world".
