Fit: John Terry will be able to play

‘There’s no fear. There’s healthy respect for the France team, as they deserve to have. But I don’t get the feeling the players are cowed by the task. They’re more motivated in a way.

‘It may be quite nice for them to go into a game where people are saying, "It’ll be tough and France are a better team than you".

'I would think they’ll probably quite enjoy the fact that the favourite’s position is now being taken from us and given to France. We know we can give them a good game. No question.'

‘The thing that could make it torrid for me, [is] if I got a totally different reaction in the game from what I’m expecting to see from these players.

'If they conned me into thinking I’m working with a good bunch and a bunch that won’t let me or the nation down, and suddenly in three games they really do, that would be the real painful blow.’

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