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Matt Hughes in Miami

Where have all the Wags gone? England enjoy the calm of Kansas City World Cup camp

England team wives and girlfriends at the World Cup in  2006
England team wives and girlfriends in Baden-Baden at the 2006 World Cup. Photograph: Mark Large/ANL/Shutterstock

The BBC is not the only World Cup institution to have stayed at home.

As England make final preparations for their opening game of the tournament against Croatia on Wednesday, only around half of Thomas Tuchel’s squad can look forward to being reunited with their families in Dallas, with many having opted to skip the group stage.

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