I doubt they would've (or from their diminished mental capacity and perspective) could've sat on a story like that right throughout the WC if they had it on the back boiler. They'd have been worried someone else'd break it before them.
If they'd had it I imagine they'd have broken it the Sunday before Englands last warm up game so they could spin it out right throughout the tournament. It's quite disgusting really ...in all aspects.
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