England’s anthem for doomed youth

AWAY from the drudgery of the games against Slovenia and Lithuania, there was a truly eyecatching England performance in the last week.

England’s display in a 4-0 victory over Chile (left) in their opening game of the under-17 World Cup was startlingly good.

Of the starting XI, four were from Chelsea, two from Spurs, one from Liverpool, three from Manchester City and one, in Jadon Sancho, who has recently left City for Borussia Dortmund. That tells you the rich clubs have got very good youth teams.

What it doesn’t tell you is that they are allowed to hoover up all the best talent, leaving the likes of Huddersfield to pretty much stop trying to bring through their own.

THOSE of you already looking forward to your next fix of international football have less than a month to wait. And if you are an England fan, you can make the familiar odyssey to Wembley. Yep, the national team is back there again for friendlies...