England Capitan Harry Kane has hit out at several players who withdrew from the national team ahead of its Nations League matches against Greece and Ireland, saying on Wednesday that country must always come before club football.
England plays Greece away on Thursday followed by Ireland three days later at Wembley but nine players, some of the regular starters, who were called up by interim boss Lee Carsley have pulled out due to injuries.
Manchester City’s Jack Grealish and Phil Foden, Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice, Chelsea’s Cole Palmer and Levi Colwill, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold, Southampton keeper Aaron Ramsdale and Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite withdrew from the squad.
