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WHERE ARE THEY NOW...THE STARTING XI FROM ENGLAND’S UNDER-17 WORLD CUP GLORY Luther’s ‘Miss-it’ jibe fury

- BY MIKE WALTERS

ENGLAND 5 SPAIN 2

FIFA Under-17 World Cup Final October 28, 2017, Kolkata, India Curtis Anderson (goalkeeper) Playing in the Southern League Premier Division South for Walton Casuals, on loan from Wycombe Wanderers. Quit Manchester City’s youth sides to play for Charlotte Independen­ce, a second tier North American side.

Steven Sessegnon (right-back) On a season-long loan at Bristol City after making 14 appearance­s for Fulham in recent seasons. Twin brother of Tottenham’s Ryan Sessegnon. Joel Latibeaudi­ere (centre-half) England captain in the final in India, he did not make a single appearance for Manchester City and left on loan for FC Twente last season. Signed for Steve Cooper – the England U-17 manager in 2017 – at Swansea in October on a three-year deal Marc Guehi (centre-half)

Made a League Cup appearance for Chelsea but spent last season and this campaign on loan at Swansea with Cooper. Jonathan Panzo (left-back)

Switched from Chelsea to Monaco in 2018 and spent a season on loan at Cercle Brugge. Transferre­d to Dijon in August.

Tashan Oakley-boothe (midfield)

Made a few League Cup appearance­s for Spurs, rejected a new deal a year ago and signed for

Stoke.

George Mceachran

(midfield)

Still at Chelsea but not close to first team. Has had loan spells at Dutch second division side Cambuur and started the season at MVV Maastricht, but terminated it citing “compelling private reasons”.

Phil Foden (attacking-midfield) Nurtured carefully by Pep

Guardiola into the first team at Manchester City and already has six major trophy wins and is an England senior regular. Morgan Gibbs-white (attackingm­idfield)

Played 74 times for Wolves first team before being loaned to Swansea this season but fractured his foot and was recalled. Returned to play for Wolves last month in the FA Cup. Callum Hudson-odoi (attacking-midfield) More than 80 appearance­s for Chelsea’s first team including 46 in the Premier League and Bayern Munich tried to buy him for £35million. An England U-21 leading player and close to a senior return, having recovered from a serious Achilles injury. Rhian Brewster (striker)

Could not make a big breakthrou­gh at Liverpool, had an excellent scoring season at Swansea on loan, and was sold for £23m to Sheffield United last summer. He won the golden boot with eight goals and one assist in the tournament.

WATFORD royalty Luther Blissett was “disgusted” by the club’s “shameful PR” after they recycled an old insult to spin an interview with struggling striker Andre Gray.

Former England forward Blissett (above), 63, was outraged by a reference to ‘Luther Miss-it’ – a crass and misleading nickname for the Hornets’ all-time record goalscorer – to sugarcoat Gray’s dismal form.

Gray’s interview with Watford’s official website was intended as a promise to make amends.

But Blissett was incensed to learn the set-piece with Gray included a throwback to the season when trolls gave him the ‘Miss-it’ nickname – even though he won Europe’s Golden Boot by rattling in 33 goals.

Blissett – who scored 186 in 503 games for the Hornets – raged: “Speaking honestly, this is shameful PR. I am disgusted that the club has included me in this artful production.

“Portraying my goalscorin­g ability in a negative way simply to justify their player and gain sympathy for his behaviour both on and off the pitch to unhappy fans is not the way.

“To beat Ian Rush to the Golden Boot with 27 league goals, 33 overall, is only a couple short of Mo Salah’s Premier League record. So I won’t apologise for any that didn’t go in.”

Hidden in the grid is the name of an author. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters correspond­ing to your answers to fill in the name.

BOX1: In which year was Maggie Smith (pictured) awarded the DBE?

1985 (B)

1990 (O)

1995 (P)

BOX2: What was the early form of the sport lacrosse known as?

Mintonette (S) Pok-ta-pok (G) Baggataway (L)

BOX3: In the title of a novel, Eleanor Oliphant is completely what?

Fine (D)

In (I)

Exhausted (M)

BOX4: Louis Washkansky was the first person to receive what?

Nobel Peace Prize (T) Heart transplant (C) New York Marathon

gold medal (E)

BOX5: Which of

The Osmonds is the youngest brother?

Donny (R)

Jimmy (O)

Alan (W)

BOX6: What is the name of the eldest grandchild of the Queen and Prince Philip?

William (U)

James (F)

Peter (N)

BOX7: What part of the human body is measured using the cephalic index?

Head (K)

Spine (A)

Ribcage (H)

BOX8: In which month of the year do Americans celebrate Mother’s Day?

March (Y)

April (E)

May (N)

BOX9: What is the fourth note in the scale of C?

G (S)

F (A)

A (C)

BOX10: Which name appears in the title of both a Beatles’ song and a Thomas Hardy novel? Maxwell (R)

Lucy (O)

Jude (J)

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