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Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood face England exile as Gareth Southgate says youth is no excuse

England Under 21 Training - St. George's Park, Burton upon Trent, Britain - November 11, 2019 England's Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood during training [Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine]

In the strangest of times, the most mind-boggling of stories.

For England players to be sent home in disgrace after frolicking with girls in the team hotel would be bad enough in the kindest of climates. In the middle of a global pandemic it almost beggars belief.

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