EXCLUSIVE: Very smart Wayne, but don't forget to pack your tights

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It's not just those freezing Moscow nights that are worrying Steve McClaren — the England coach is concerned his players will suffer friction burns on the Russians' plastic pitch next Wednesday.

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Rooney: Hoping to do England proud

England have trained on the artificial turf at Arsenal's London Colney training ground this week but none of the players has risked the effects of a full-blooded tackle on the surface.

Although UEFA have approved the Luzhniki Stadium, the pitch fibres are so coarse that players have complained that it is like "being put through a meat slicer".

Which is why McClaren has ordered a supply of tights to be packed in the kit hamper next week, although there is no truth in reports that players refusing to wear them will be suspendered!