U-17 CHAMP PHIL SO CONFIDENT

team a big lift. I think Harry Kane has already touched on it. He sees us as one of the favourites.

“We’ve just got to be confident and believe in that.”

Foden (with the U-17 World Cup and his best player trophy, right) intends to remind the rest of Gareth

Southgate’s squad he has a major international honour to his name, and tell them how the U-17s’ selfassurance paid dividends.

He said: “I don’t think they realise.

“I’m going to have to tell them that I’ve already won the World Cup, aren’t I? Not being big-headed but we just knew we were going to win the World Cup because of how good we were and the talent we had. “Even when we were behind in the final, you could just see we carried on playing the same way and just believed we were going to win it. It was so good just to be a part of that group. It was very special.”

Only James Maddison – managing his workload after suffering with a slight knee problem – sat out training yesterday (far left) as England prepare for Iran on Monday.